Public Key definition

Public Key means the key of a key pair used to verify a digital signature and listed in the Digital Signature Certificate;

Public Key means an encrypted electronic data file that is publicly available for interfacing with a Private Key.

Public Key means the key of a Key Pair that may be publicly disclosed by the holder of the corresponding Private Key and that is used by a Relying Party to verify digital signatures created with the holder's corresponding Private Key and/or to encrypt messages so that they can be decrypted only with the holder's corresponding Private Key.

Examples of Public Key in a sentence

• The Public Key of the Tendering Authority is attached to the Tender during the Close for Bidding stage.

• The CA keeps the Country Signing CA Private Key secret and is recommended to distribute the Country Signing CA Public Key to ICAO, all receiving States maintaining its integrity.

• In either case, the certificates used by the Contractor for these protections shall be DoD or IC approved Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) certificatesissued by a DoD or IC approved External Certification Authority (ECA) and shall make use of at least 128- bit encryption.

• The issuing State or Organization must (i) generate a cryptographic secure Document Signer Key Pair and ensure the secrecy of the Document Signer Private Keys, (ii) sign Document Security Objects of genuine MRTD in a secure operational environment only and (iii) distribute the Certificate of the Document Signer Public Key to receiving States and Organizations.

• The contractor shall also support activities and meet the requirements of DoDI 8520.02, Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) and Public Key (PK) Enabling, in order to achieve standardized, PKI-supported capabilities for biometrics, digital signatures, encryption, identification and authentication.

More Definitions of Public Key

Public Key means the key of a Key Pair used to verify a Digital Signature. The Public Key is made freely available to anyone who will receive digitally signed messages from the holder of the Key Pair. The Public Key is usually provided via a Certificate issued by a Certification Authority. A Public Key is used to verify the digital signature of a message purportedly sent by the holder of the corresponding Private Key.

Public Key means the key of a key pair used to verify a digital signature;

Public Key means the key in the key pair that can be publicly made known and used to verify the authenticity or integrity of SWIFT messages;

Public Key means the key of a key pair used to

Public Key. : means a mathematical key disclosed and used to check a data received signature;

Public Key means the piece of paired digital data to be public and used to encrypt Electronic Messages or verify the signatory’s identity and the authenticity of the Digital Signatures.

Public Key means the key of a Key Pair publicly disclosed by the holder of the corresponding Private Key and that can be used by the to validate Digital Signatures created with the corresponding Private Key and to encrypt messages or files to be decrypted with the corresponding Private Key.