The encrypted messages must be decrypted with the corresponding private key. See also public-key cryptography . A protocol for accessing directory services. Presentation of an entity as a person or organization that it is not. For example, a web site might pretend to be a furniture store when it is really just a site that takes credit card payments but never sends any goods.
Misrepresentation is one form of impersonation .
See also spoofing . Netscape Certificate Management System. A highly configurable set of software components and tools for creating, deploying, and managing certificates. The inability by the sender of a message to deny having sent the message at a later time. A regular hand-wrtten signature provides on form of nonrepudiation.