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<h2 id="certificate-authorities">Certificate authorities</h2> <p class="note">Main article: <a href="/facts/Certificate_authority/WAo8vMTN">Certificate authority</a></p> <p>In a certificate authority, the CPS should derive from the organization's <a href="/facts/Certificate_policy/BJLwFJoz">certificate policy</a> and may be referenced in issued certificates.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="web-of-trust">Web of trust</h2> <p class="note">Main article: <a href="/facts/Web_of_trust/H2cy9v6s">Web of trust</a></p> <p>Because individuals act as certifiers in a web of trust, individual CPS documents are sometimes used. For example, in a PGP WoT, the CPS might state that the certifying entity checked two forms of legal government ID before signing the person's public key. </p> <h2 id="digital-signatures">Digital signatures</h2> <p class="note">Main article: <a href="/facts/Digital_signature/tY7e2pnW">Digital signature</a></p> <p>When verifying digital signatures, it's necessary to review the CPS so as to determine the meaning of the issuance of the certificate by the certifying entity.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> <ul><li><a href="https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc780454(v=ws.10).aspx">Microsoft.com "Creating Certificate Policies and Certificate Practice Statements"</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Security_policy/8yTdF5eL">Security policy</a></li> <li>Example of a CPS for a Web of Trust: <a href="http://www.grep.be/gpg/cert-policy-v2">http://www.grep.be/gpg/cert-policy-v2</a></li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>"Internet X.509 Public Key Infrastructure Certificate Policy and Certification Practices Framework". IETF. November 2003. p. 15. RFC 3647. <a href="http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3647#page-15" target="_blank">http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3647#page-15</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>American Bar Association Digital Signature Guidelines 1996, ISBN 1-57073-250-7 (section 1.8.1) <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" target="_blank">/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>"Creating Certificate Policies and Certificate Practice Statements". <a href="https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc780454(v=ws.10).aspx" target="_blank">https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc780454(v=ws.10).aspx</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>American Bar Association Digital Signature Guidelines 1996, ISBN 1-57073-250-7 <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" target="_blank">/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>