Date: 2006-05-30

Creating and using a digital ID is a step up from the password in document security. As you know, the electronic world is an open invitation for fraud and manipulation. Digital IDs are a way of combating this problem.

A Digital ID is your electronic identity when performing transactions on-line. One is issued by a Certification Authority (CA), which acts as the “middleman” by verifying your physical identity with the personal information that you submit. The personal information is used to create a digital certificate which is just like a driver’s license that’s used to confirm your identity. But instead of a face-to-face confirmation with a plastic card, verification is done electronically with a digital certificate. It acts as a user’s credentials.

A Digital ID is usually comprised of:

• Owner's public key
• Owner's name
• Expiration date of the public key
• Name of the issuer (the CA that issued the Digital ID)
• Serial number of the Digital ID
• Digital signature of the issuer

Whenever you digitally sign a document or encrypt a message, this information is used as a reference. Thus, the third party authorization that collects these details is a control measure for the use of digital IDs.

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