PKIjärjestelmä
PKIjärjestelmä, often translated as Public Key Infrastructure, is a framework of hardware, software, policies, and procedures required to create, manage, distribute, use, store, and revoke digital certificates and manage public-key encryption. The primary purpose of a PKI is to enable secure electronic transfer of information for activities like e-commerce, internet banking, and confidential email. It establishes trust by binding public keys with their corresponding identities through a trusted third party, known as a Certificate Authority (CA).
A typical PKI involves several key components. The Certificate Authority (CA) is the entity responsible for
The core function of a PKI is to facilitate secure communication and transactions. It enables authentication,