A system entity that depends on the validity of information (such as another entity's public key value) provided by a digital certificate. (See: relying party. Compare: /digital certificate/ subject.)
A system entity that depends on the validity of information (such as another entity's public key value) provided by a digital certificate. (See: relying party. Compare: /digital certificate/ subject.)
Usage: The depending entity may be a human being or an organization, or a device or process controlled by a human or organization. (See: user.)
"An entity that needs to know, with certainty, the public key of another entity." [X509]
Synonym for "subject" of a digital certificate.
Deprecated Definition: IDOCs SHOULD NOT use this term with definition 3; the term could be confused with one of the other two definitions given above.