Definitions[]
Directory service is
| “ | [a] service to search and retrieve information from a catalogue of well defined objects, which may contain information about certificates, telephone numbers, access conditions, addresses etc.[1] | ” |
| “ | [a] person who locates and furnishes certificates and other information about persons, such as distinguished names, on-line addresses and identifying or descriptive information, either directly, or through links to third party directories of such information.[2] | ” |
References[]
- ↑ ITU, "Compendium of Approved ITU-T Security Definitizons," at 18 (Feb. 2003 ed.) (full-text).
- ↑ ABA Digital Signature Guidelines, at 29.