Digital certificate type, GlobalSign analyzes for you:
From the perspective of digital signature users, the current types of digital certificates mainly include: personal identity certificate, enterprise identity certificate, payment gateway certificate, server certificate, secure e-mail certificate and personal code signing certificate. These digital certificates have different characteristics.
From the technical point of view of digital certificates, certificates issued by CA center can be divided into two categories: SSL certificates and SET certificates. Generally speaking, SSL certificate (Secure Sockets Layer) is used for bank-to-business or business-to-business e-commerce activities. SET (Secure Electronic Transaction) certificate is used for credit card consumption and online shopping. Although they are all certificates for identity identification and digital signature, their trust systems are completely different and the standards they meet are different. Simply put, the function of SSL digital certificate is to prove the identity of the holder through the public key. The function of SET certificate is to prove that the holder really has the credit card account number of the designated bank through the public key, and also to prove the identity of the holder.
The following is mainly from the perspective of the object:
1) Personal identity certificate is a digital security certificate conforming to the X.509 standard. A certificate contains personal identity information and personal public key, which is used to identify the personal identity of the certificate holder. Digital security certificates and corresponding private keys are stored in E-key, which are used for personal identification in online activities such as signing contracts, placing orders, entering and auditing, operating authority, payment information, etc.
2) The identity certificate of enterprises and institutions is a digital security certificate conforming to the X.509 standard. A certificate contains enterprise information and the public key of the enterprise, which is used to identify the identity of the certificate holder. Digital security certificates and corresponding private keys are stored in E-key or IC cards, which can be used for external activities of enterprises in e-commerce, such as contract signing, online securities trading, transaction payment information, etc.
3) Payment gateway certificate? Payment gateway certificate is a digital certificate issued by certificate issuing center for payment gateway, which is the main tool for payment gateway to realize data encryption and decryption, and is used for digital signature and information encryption. The payment gateway certificate is only used for the services provided by the payment gateway (the conversion between various security protocols on the Internet and the existing network data formats of banks). Payment gateway certificate can only be used in valid status. The applicant cannot transfer the payment gateway certificate.
4) The server certificate is a digital security certificate conforming to the X.509 standard, which contains the server information and the public key of the server and is used to identify and verify the identity of the server in network communication. Digital security certificate and corresponding private key are stored in E-key. When communicating with other servers or clients, server software uses certificate mechanism to ensure the authenticity, security and credibility of both identities.
5) code signing certificate code signing certificate, an enterprise or institution, is a digital certificate issued by CA Center to a software provider, including the identity information of the software provider, the public key and the signature of CA. Software providers use code signing certificate to sign software and put it on the Internet. When users download software online, they will be prompted so that they can determine the source of the software; The software has not been modified or destroyed from signing to downloading. Code signing certificate can sign 32 bits. exe，。 Taxi,. ocx，。 Class and other programs and files.
6) The secure e-mail certificate is a digital security certificate conforming to the X.509 standard, which is applied by IE or NETSCAPE. The certificate applied by IE is stored in the WINDOWS registry, and the certificate applied by Netscape is stored in a file in the personal user directory. Used for secure e-mail or sending to a WEB server (in fact, when users download the software on the Internet, they will be prompted so that they can determine the source of the software; The software has not been modified or destroyed from signing to downloading. Code signing certificate can sign 32 bits. exe，。 Taxi,. ocx，。 Class and other programs and files.
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