Certificate Authority FAQs

This FAQ print series provides quick, effective background information on complex, strategic leading-edge technologies and are particularly useful for communicating to presidents, CIOs, provosts, and other key campus leaders.

FAQ: Institutional Directories and Repositories (2001 - Members Only)

• Provides an introductory to directory services
• Provides detailed information about directories
• Contains a glossary of directory terms

Members can download the PDF file here with the CREN name and password. If you need the name and password, send an email to cren@cren.net.

A related and useful directory site is the "Recipe for Configuring and Operating LDAP Directories" at www.georgetown.edu/giia/internet2/ldap-recipe/.

FAQ: Digital Certificate Infrastructure (2000)

• Provides an introduction to digital certificates
• Defines digital certificate infrastructure requirements for the user
• Defines digital infrastructure requirements for the campus

You can download the Digital Certificate Infrastructure FAQ (PDF file) developed by CREN and the Digital Library Federation.

FAQ: CREN's Certificate Authority (1999)

• Background questions
• Users of the CREN Certificate authority Service
• Overview of the process

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