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Preface:
A Certifying Authority (CA) is a body that fulfills the need for trusted third party
services in Electronic Commerce by issuing Digital Certificates that attests to some
fact about the subject of the certificate. A certificate is a digitally signed statement by
a CA that provides independent confirmation of an attribute claimed by a person
offering a Digital Signature.
For securing the transactions through INFINET, IDRBT provides high end Public Key
Infrastructure (PKI) based services and solutions to individuals, organizations as well
as governments that enable trust and security. IDRBT has set up a high-end, global
standards- based processing Center at its campus at Hyderabad, capable of issuing
thousands of Digital Certificates, an important component of PKI. As a licensed
Certifying Authority by the Controller of Certifying Authority (CCA), IDRBT CA will
issue, administer and revoke the digital certificates over INFINET.
This manual will give you information about, the procedures for using Certification
services of IDRBT Certifying Authority.
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Meaning
Use the arrow key or mouse to select an item on the menu, a
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Press the primary mouse button once. The primary mouse
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