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CompTIA Security +5
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When a user wants to participate in a PKI, what component does he or she need to obtain, and how does that happen? | The user must submit identification data and a certification requests to the registration authority (RA). The RA validates this information and sends the certification request to the certificate authority (CA). |
How does a user validate a digital certificate that is received from another user? | It's validated by the receiver determining whether her system has been configured to trust the CA that digitally signed the certificate. If this has been configured, the user's software uses the CA's public key and validates the CA's digital signature. |
What is the purpose of a digital certificate? | It binds an individual to a public key. |