Ok,
if somebody intercepts the certificate while it is in transit on the network,
this person can use this certificate ?
How a CA knows that the certificate is used by the good user or not in this
case ?
> De: Rich Salz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> A: david <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Objet: Re: simple question again
> Date: Tue, 17 May 2005 09:47:43 -0400
> > When a CA signs a certificate request , then the certificate is sent to
> > the user . for this, is the certifictate automatically encrypted with
> > the user public key ?
>
> Rarely. Certificates are generally considered public information.
>
> Communication between requestor and CA is very "vendor specific."
> /r$
>
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