Cryptomathic Certification Authority
Cryptomathics Certification Authority - Professional Trust Management
In the physical world identity cards and handwritten signatures are the means with which we build trust and seal agreements. In the electronic world these means are replaced by certificates and digital signatures.
The Cryptomathic Certification Authority (CCA) is an enabling service, which makes it possible to secure business transactions. The main purpose of the CCA is to issue and manage the certificates of users, service providers, applications and applicances.
The CCA implements three protocols:
The Cryptomathic CA professionally manages all the Certificate Authority's tasks - this includes issuing:
- Certificates for digital signatures in web browsers
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- SSL/TLS server and client certificates
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- Certificates for authentication and VPN logon
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- Certificates for Windows 2000 smart card logon
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- Trusted Computing Platform Alliance certificates
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- Certificates for secure e-mail (S/MIME)
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Cryptomathic Certification Authority is designed in a flexible client-server structure enabling the customer to tailor the system to the specific needs of his organisation.
Certificate Format
Certificate Requests
- PKCS #10, certificate returned in PKCS #7 structure
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- SPKAC, certificate returned in PKCS #7 structure
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- CRMF, request/response according to PKIX-CMP
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- Off-line: X.509v3 and PKCS #10, certificate returned in PKCS #7 or plain X.509v3
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Certificate Revocation and Renewal
Certificate Status Retrieval
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- CRLs according to X.509v2
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Cryptographic Algorithms
Key Management
- All CA keys are hardware protected
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- All auxiliary keys are hardware protectedProtocols
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Product Information
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