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Re: [FW1] What is the difference between a digital certificate and a digital signature?
On Mon, Mar 05, 2001 at 03:13:31PM +0000, Allan Pratt wrote:
: This might be off topic, but what is the difference between a digital
: certificate and a digital signature?
A digital signature is a chunk of data that is the result of a process
by which a piece of data and a user's private key are fed into a one-way
hashing function. This piece of data is, in many cases a public key.
A digital certificate is a chunk of data that contains a public key, and
digital signatures from others.
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Jason Costomiris <>< | Technologist, geek, human.
jcostom {at} jasons {dot} org | http://www.jasons.org/
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