What if a certifying authority?s key is lost or compromised ?
Answer Posted / dalgin augustinr
Is the organization which will generate and issues unique
digital certificate to identify an individual. The CA will
generate a pubic and private key pair and the private key
will be secret to the individual.
Its possible to compromise a private key.
When a private key of an individual known to some one else
then its compromised and losted.
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