What is an X.509 Digital Certificate in webex?

Can you tell me more about X.509 digital certificates?

In the context of X.509 certificates, what do they entail?

Note: Additional information can be found at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X.509 if you wish to learn more.

Solution:

In order to encrypt, sign, and decrypt digital information, you will need a digital certificate that binds your identity to a pair of electronic keys. The purpose of a Digital Certificate is to verify that someone has the legal right to use a given resource as well as to prevent someone from setting up fake keys in order to impersonate another user when using a given resource. Assuring the identity of all parties involved in a transaction is made easier through the use of Digital Certificates, which are used in conjunction with encryption to provide a more complete security solution.

Digital certificates are created by Certification Authorities (CAs) and signed with the private key of the CA in order to verify their authenticity.

A Digital Certificate typically contains the:

• Public key of the owner

• Name of the owner

• The date on which the public key expires

• A digital certificate issued by a certificate authority (CA) is referred to as a digital certificate.

• The digital certificate serial number is found on the certificate

• Issuer’s digital signature on the document

Digital certificates follow the most widely accepted format defined by the international CCITT X.509 standard. It is for this reason that any application that is compliant with X.509 is capable of reading or writing certificates. Both the PEM standard and the PKCS standard provide further refinements to the original design.