{"json_modified": "2016-03-28T08:44:26.692260", "uuid": "7a5d35b4-5579-48ba-8978-8773d974804a", "title": "Certificate authority", "url": "/en-US/docs/Glossary/Certificate_authority", "tags": ["Security", "Glossary", "Cryptography"], "translations": [{"uuid": "5dc0b588-222f-473d-8787-c62a2df37083", "title": "Autorit\u00e9 de certification", "url": "/fr/docs/Glossaire/Certificate_authority", "tags": ["S\u00e9curit\u00e9", "Cryptographie", "Glossaire"], "summary": "Une autorit\u00e9 de certification (AC, ou CA en anglais) est une organisation qui <a class=\"glossaryLink\" href=\"/fr/docs/Glossary/Signature/Security\" title=\"La d&#xE9;finition de ce terme (&#xAB;&#xA0;signe&#xA0;&#xBB;) n'a pas encore &#xE9;t&#xE9; r&#xE9;dig&#xE9;e. Nous serions heureux de vous voir l'&#xE9;crire&#xA0;!\">signe</a> des <a class=\"glossaryLink\" href=\"/fr/docs/Glossary/Digital_certificate\" title=\"La d&#xE9;finition de ce terme (&#xAB;&#xA0;certificats num&#xE9;riques&#xA0;&#xBB;) n'a pas encore &#xE9;t&#xE9; r&#xE9;dig&#xE9;e. Nous serions heureux de vous voir l'&#xE9;crire&#xA0;!\">certificats num\u00e9riques</a> et leurs <a class=\"glossaryLink\" href=\"/fr/docs/Glossary/Cl&#xE9;\" title=\"La d&#xE9;finition de ce terme (&#xAB;&#xA0;cl&#xE9;s publiques&#xA0;&#xBB;) n'a pas encore &#xE9;t&#xE9; r&#xE9;dig&#xE9;e. Nous serions heureux de vous voir l'&#xE9;crire&#xA0;!\">cl\u00e9s publiques</a> associ\u00e9es. Cela certifie qu'une organisation qui a demand\u00e9 un certificat num\u00e9rique (e.g., Mozilla Corporation) est autoris\u00e9e \u00e0 demander un certificat pour le sujet nomm\u00e9 dans celui-ci (e.g., mozilla.org).", "localization_tags": [], "locale": "fr", "last_edit": "2016-01-01T20:10:36", "review_tags": []}], "modified": "2015-06-04T15:25:11", "label": "Certificate authority", "localization_tags": [], "locale": "en-US", "id": 147516, "last_edit": "2015-06-04T15:25:10", "summary": "A certificate authority (CA) is an organization that <a class=\"glossaryLink\" href=\"/en-US/docs/Glossary/Signature/Security\" title=\"signs: A signature, or digital signature, is a protocol showing that a message is authentic.\">signs</a> <a class=\"glossaryLink\" href=\"/en-US/docs/Glossary/Digital_certificate\" title=\"digital certificates: A digital certificate is a data file that binds a publicly-known cryptographic key to an organization. A digital certificate contains information about an organization, such as their common name (e.g. mozilla.org), an organization (e.g. Mozilla Corporation), and a location (e.g. Mountain View). Digital certificates are most commonly signed by a certificate authority, attesting to the certificate's authenticity.\">digital certificates</a> and their associated <a class=\"glossaryLink\" href=\"/en-US/docs/Glossary/Key\" title=\"public keys: A key is a piece of information used by a cipher for encryption and/or decryption. Encrypted messages should remain secure even if everything about the cryptosystem, except for the key, is public knowledge.\">public keys</a>. This certifies that an organization that requested a digital certificate (e.g., Mozilla Corporation) is authorized to request a certificate for the subject named in the certificate (e.g., mozilla.org).", "sections": [{"id": "Learn_more", "title": "Learn more"}], "slug": "Glossary/Certificate_authority", "review_tags": []}