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Notary Protocols
draft-adams-notary-01

Document Type Expired Internet-Draft (individual)
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Authors Dr. Carlisle Adams , Robert Zuccherato
Last updated 1998-02-27
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Abstract

This document describes a general notary service and the protocols to be used when communicating with it. The Notary Authority is a Trusted Third Party (TTP) that can be used as one component in building reliable non-repudiation services (see [ISONR]). Useful Notary Authority responsibilities in a PKI are to validate signatures and to provide up- to-date information regarding the status of certificates. We give examples of how to use the notary to extend the lifetime of a signature beyond key expiry or revocation and to query the notary regarding the status of a certificate.

Authors

Dr. Carlisle Adams
Robert Zuccherato

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