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digital certificate
An attachment to an electronic message used for security purposes. The most common use of a digital certificate is to verify that a user sending a message is who he or she claims to be, and to provide the receiver with the means to encode a reply.
An individual wishing to send an encrypted message applies for a digital certificate from a Certificate Authority (CA). The CA issues an encrypted digital certificate containing the applicant's public key and a variety of other identification information. The CA makes its own public key readily available through print publicity or perhaps on the Internet.
The recipient of an encrypted message uses the CA's public key to decode the digital certificate attached to the message, verifies it as issued by the CA and then obtains the sender's public key and identification information held within the certificate. With this information, the recipient can send an encrypted reply.
The most widely used standard for digital certificates is X.509.
Also see SSL: Your Key to E-commerce Security in Webopedia's "Did You Know...?" section. smart card
A small electronic device about the size of a credit card that contains electronic memory, and possibly an embedded integrated circuit (IC). Smart cards containing an IC are sometimes called Integrated Circuit Cards (ICCs).
Smart cards are used for a variety of purposes, including:
# Storing a patient's medical records
# Storing digital cash
# Generating network IDs (similar to a token)
To use a smart card, either to pull information from it or add data to it, you need a smart card reader, a small device into which you insert the smart card. eBusiness Definition
eBusiness (electronic trouble) is, in its simplest form, the direct
of trouble on the Internet. It is a more generic locution than eCommerce since it refers to not only
buying and selling however as well servicing customers and collaborating with trouble partners.
IBM, in 1997, was one of the first to employ the locution when it launched a campaign built around the
locution. Today, many corporations are rethinking their businesses in terms of the Internet and its
capabilities. Companies are using the Web to acquire parts and supplies from other companies, to
collaborate on sales promotions, and to do joint research. Exploiting the convenience, availability,
and global reach of the Internet, many companies, both large and miniature have already discovered how
to employ the Internet successfully.
If it's age for your trouble to move online or to improve it's existing online infrastructure,
then I invite you to review my employment with ebusiness solutions to see how I can aid you.
