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The Certificate Management System (CMS) is a global network system whose primary services are generation, distribution, storage and verification of certificates. It supports various security applications which use public key cryptography by providing the means for the administration of certificates. This paper describes the interface between security enhanced application and the CMS. The interface layer with which the security applications are extended is named CMS Client. The CMS Client comprises a set of functions that enable the certification of users of security applications, retrieval of certificates and verification of retrieved certificates. The paper gives a short description of the CMS system and a detailed description of the CMS Client functions. Furthermore it describes how to extend the existing or create new security applications based on the CMS system.
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Kapidzic, N. (1995). Creating Security Applications Based on The Global Certificate Management System. In: Eloff, J.H.P., von Solms, S.H. (eds) Information Security — the Next Decade. IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-34873-5_24
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