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Identity Certificate
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A certificate that a person uses to authenticate to a
PKI-enabled application, such as a secure web site. Identity
certificates may be used for non-repudiation purposes, i.e.,
transactions that have been signed by an identity certificate may be
legally linked to the owner of that certificate. The certificate may
also be used for secure and authenticated email.
For certificate costs please see the Certificate Pricing
link in the left menu.
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Encryption Certifi
cate
(See NOTE 1 above)
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A certificate that may be used for encrypting e-mail.
When encrypting e-mail messages, the sender uses the certificate of the
recipient(s), and the recipient decrypts the message using his or her
private key.
For certificate costs please see the Certificate Pricing
link in the left menu.
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Medium Token
Assurance Identity Certificate |
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This certificate is intended for all applications
operating in environments appropriate for medium assurance but which
require a higher degree of technical non-repudiation
based on the relying party’s assessment. A certificate that a person
uses to authenticate to a PKI-enabled application, such as a secure web
site. Identity certificates may be used for non-repudiation purposes,
(i.e., transactions that have been signed by an identity certificate.)
may be legally linked to the owner of that certificate. The certificate
may also be used for secure and authenticated email.
For certificate costs please see the Certificate Pricing
link in the left menu.
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Medium Token Assurance Encryption Certificate
(See NOTE 1 above)
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This certificate is intended for all applications
operating in environments appropriate for medium assurance but which
require a higher degree of technical non-repudiation
based on the relying party’s assessment. A certificate that may be used
for encrypting e-mail. When encrypting e-mail messages, the sender uses
the certificate of the recipient(s), and the recipient decrypts the
message using his or her private key.
For certificate costs please see the Certificate Pricing
link in the left menu.
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Medium Hardware
Assurance Identity Certificate |
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This certificate is intended for all applications
operating in environments appropriate for medium assurance but which
require a higher degree of assurance and technical non-repudiation
based on the relying party’s assessment. A certificate that a person
uses to authenticate to a PKI-enabled application, such as a secure web
site. Identity certificates may be used for non-repudiation purposes,
(i.e., transactions that have been signed by an identity certificate.)
may be legally linked to the owner of that certificate. The certificate
may also be used for secure and authenticated email.
For certificate costs please see the Certificate Pricing
link in the left menu.
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Medium Hardware Assurance Encryption Certificate
(See NOTE 1 above)
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This certificate is intended for all applications
operating in environments appropriate for medium assurance but which
require a higher degree of assurance and technical non-repudiation
based on the relying party’s assessment. A certificate that may be used
for encrypting e-mail. When encrypting e-mail messages, the sender uses
the certificate of the recipient(s), and the recipient decrypts the
message using his or her private key.
For certificate costs please see the Certificate Pricing
link in the left menu.
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Component/Server
Certificate
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A
certificate that a computer on a network, usually a web server, uses to
identify itself to other computers. It also includes the public key,
which is required in order for web browsers to set up a secure
encrypted connection with the server. Any web server that offers secure
connections (https, SSL, or TLS) must have a server certificate.
For certificate costs please see the Certificate Pricing
link in the left menu.
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Domain Controller
Certificate
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A
certificate that a domain controller uses to
identify itself to other computers to enable smart card logon functionality to the network. It also includes the public key,
which is required in order for web browsers to set up a secure
encrypted connection with the server. Any domain controller that can be used as a logon server to assign domain privileges must have
a domain controller certificate in order to facilitate smart card logon across the network. For example, if you have 3 domain cont
rollers handling user logons, all 3 must have a unique domain controller certificate that corresponds to that machine name.
For certificate costs please see the Certificate Pricing
link in the left menu.
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Mobile Code Signing
Certificate |
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A
certificate used for signing mobile code that resides on a web server.
This certificate is used to sign mobile code that is downloaded from a
web server by users. Users can validate the certificate used to sign
the mobile code and determine whether to trust it.
For certificate costs please see the Certificate Pricing
link in the left menu.
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