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| author | Jason S. Lingohr <jsl@apache.org> | 2003-10-11 05:20:47 +0000 |
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| committer | Jason S. Lingohr <jsl@apache.org> | 2003-10-11 05:20:47 +0000 |
| commit | 14ae23ded68c57abdb6d33691024ed15380f3cba (patch) | |
| tree | 6af7ec1de455c9ef5f460257531d0b599f898bdd /docs/manual/glossary.xml | |
| parent | e536122ecb05a3df227edfc2d5bd2d1810b91a19 (diff) | |
| download | httpd-14ae23ded68c57abdb6d33691024ed15380f3cba.tar.gz | |
a href updates, plus transformation.
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diff --git a/docs/manual/glossary.xml b/docs/manual/glossary.xml index 1067752929..fae2e7c2ad 100644 --- a/docs/manual/glossary.xml +++ b/docs/manual/glossary.xml @@ -43,10 +43,11 @@ href="programs/apxs.html">Manual Page: apxs</a></dd> <dt><a name="certificate">Certificate</a></dt> <dd>A data record used for authenticating network entities such as a server or a client. A certificate contains X.509 information pieces - about its owner (called the subject) and the signing <em>Certificate - Authority</em> (called the issuer), plus the owner's public key and the - signature made by the CA. Network entities verify these signatures using - CA certificates.<br /> + about its owner (called the subject) and the signing <a + href="#certificationauthority">Certification Authority</a> (called the + issuer), plus the owner's <a href="#publickey">public key</a> and the + signature made by the CA. Network entities verify these signatures + using CA certificates.<br /> See: <a href="ssl/">SSL/TLS Encryption</a></dd> <dt><a name="certificationauthority">Certification Authority</a> <a @@ -57,10 +58,12 @@ that a CA has authenticated the bearer of a certificate.<br /> See: <a href="ssl/">SSL/TLS Encryption</a></dd> <dt><a name="certificatsigningrequest">Certificate Signing Request</a> -<a name="csr">(CSR)</a></dt> <dd>An unsigned certificate for -submission to a <em>Certification Authority</em>, which signs it with -the <em>Private Key</em> of their CA <em>Certificate</em>. Once the -CSR is signed, it becomes a real certificate.<br /> +<a name="csr">(CSR)</a></dt> <dd>An unsigned <a +href="#certificate">certificate</a> for submission to a <a +href="#certificationauthority">Certification Authority</a>, which signs it +with the <a href="#privatekey">Private Key</a> of their CA +<em>Certificate</em>. Once the CSR is signed, it becomes a real +certificate.<br /> See: <a href="ssl/">SSL/TLS Encryption</a></dd> @@ -104,11 +107,12 @@ Used to Describe Apache Directives</a></dd> <dt><a name="digitalsignature">Digital Signature</a></dt> <dd>An encrypted text block that validates a certificate or other file. A - <em>Certification Authority</em> creates a signature by generating a - hash of the <em>Public Key</em> embedded in a <em>Certificate</em>, then - encrypting the hash with its own <em>Private Key</em>. Only the CA's - public key can decrypt the signature, verifying that the CA has - authenticated the network entity that owns the <em>Certificate</em>.<br /> + <a href="#certificationauthority">Certification Authority</a> creates a + signature by generating a hash of the <em>Public Key</em> embedded in a + <em>Certificate</em>, then encrypting the hash with its own <em>Private + Key</em>. Only the CA's public key can decrypt the signature, verifying + that the CA has authenticated the network entity that owns the + <em>Certificate</em>.<br /> See: <a href="ssl/">SSL/TLS Encryption</a></dd> <dt><a name="directive">Directive</a></dt> <dd>A configuration command |