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Definitions for common terms and phrases related to security threats, vulnerabilities, and technology.

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Public key

Internet; Internet security

The nonsecret half of a cryptographic key pair that is used with a public key algorithm.

Private key

Internet; Internet security

The secret half of a cryptographic key pair that is used with a public key algorithm.

Header

Internet; Internet security

An information structure that precedes and identifies the information that follows.

Certificate trust list (CTL)

Internet; Internet security

A signed list of root certification authority certificates that an administrator considers reputable for designated purposes, such as client authentication or secure e-mail.

Certificate authority

Internet; Internet security

An entity entrusted to issue certificates that assert that the recipient individual, computer, or organisation requesting the certificate fulfils the conditions of an established policy.

Certificate trust list

Internet; Internet security

A signed list of root certification authority certificates that an administrator considers reputable for designated purposes, such as client authentication or secure e-mail.

Certificate policy

Internet; Internet security

A named set of rules that indicate the applicability of certificates for a specific class of applications with common security requirements.

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