What Does Certificate Authority Server Mean?

Techopedia Explains Certificate Authority Server

  • Conforms to RFC 5280
  • Permits creation of root as well as subordinate issuer CAs
  • Supports various logical PKIs comprised of CAs with their own certificate signing keys
  • Offers potential to set up various certificate profiles
  • Supports various configurable certificate templates, such as SSL server or client, email signing or encryption, EV SSL, DRM, IPSec, TSA certificates, code signing, and so on
  • Offers straightforward server-side and client-side key generation
  • Supports LDAP/HTTP publication and X.509 CRL issuance
  • CWA 14167-1 certified security management to guarantee qualified CA services
  • Supports Hardware Security Module (HSM) centered CA private key storage and processing
  • Offers RSA certificate signing
  • Offers ECDSA certificate signing
  • Supports various hash algorithms
  • High resilience, availability, and throughput capability
  • Makes use of solid access control and operator authentication