Glossary
This is an attempt to list words used within this site and to explain their definition to make them more clearer.
Also have a look at: Brain/Assurer'sCryptographyLibrary/GlossaryAbbreviations. Maybe it would be smart, these three wiki sites, "Glossary" and "Glossary & Abbreviations", to consolidate - Class 1 Member
- A Thawte user who has been successful verifying their email address with the Thawte system.
- Thawte Verified User
A Thawte user who has been verified by Thawte as a Class 1 member.
- Thawte Trusted User
A Thawte user who has been verified by the Thawte Web of Trust Program (WoT) and has been assured for at least 50 trust points. You will now be able to see your name in your certificates. You are now trusted and can use the
tverify method at http://tverify.cacert.org/ . Thawte AssurerA Thawte user who has been assured for at least 100 trust points.
Validationa word used for verification of certificate information, analogous to CAcert's Assurance. See Glossary/Validation for more.
Abbreviations
A - C - D - I - N - O - P - R - S - T - W
[A]
- A
- Arbitrator (in Arbitrations)
- ABC
- Arbitrated Background Check
- ACL
- Access Control List
- AH
- Assurance Handbook
- AO
- Assurance Officer
- AP
- Assurance Policy
- ATE
- Assurer Training Event
[C]
- C
- Claimant (in Arbitrations)
- CA
- Certification Authority
- CAP
- CAcert Assurance Programme
- CAPE
- CAcert Assumption of Privacy in Email
- CARP
- CAcert Assurer Reliable Proposition
- CARS
- CAcert Assurer Reliable Statement
- CATS
- CAcert Assurer Testing System
- CC
- Carbon Copy, (Common Criteria)
- CCA
- CAcert Community Agreement
- CCS
- Configuration Control Specification
- CM
- Case Manager (in Arbitrations)
- COAP
- CAcert Organisation Assurance Programme
- COD
- CAcert Official Document
- CoI
- Conflict of Interests
- CP
- Certificate Policy (combined with CPS)
- CPS
- Certification Practise Statement (combined with CP)
- CRL
- Certificate Revocation List
- CSR
- Certificate Signing Request
[D]
- DBA
- Alternative name for organisation ("doing business as")
- DPA
- Data Protection Act
- DRP
- Dispute Resolution Policy
- DRO
- Dispute Resolution Officer
[E]
- EE
- End-Entity or Member's certificate
[I]
- IPR
- Intellectual Property Rights
[N]
- NR
- Non Repudiation
- NRP
- Non-related Person
- NRPDaL
- NRP's old document, since replaced by RDL
[O]
- OrgAdmin old O-Admin
- Administrator within an organisation
- OrgA old sometimes OA
- Organisation Assurance
- OAO
- Organisation Assurance Officer
- OAP
- Organisation Assurance Policy
- OATE
- Organisation Assurers Training Event
- OCSP
- Online Certificate Status Protocol
- OA old OrgAssurer
- Organisation Assurer
- OTRS
Open source Ticket Request System, see http://otrs.org/
[P]
- PII
- Personally Identifiable Information
- PKI
- Public Key Infrastructure
- PO
- Policy Officer
- PoIDC
- Practice on ID Checking
- PoJAM
- Policy on Junior Assurers / Members
- PoN
- Practice On Names
- pOA
- prospective Organistaion Assurer
- PoP
- Policy on Policy
- PP
- Privacy Policy
- PR
- Public Relations
[R]
- R
- Respondent (in Arbitrations)
- RA
- Registration Authority
- RDL
Root Distribution License
- R/H/P
German Translation of R/L/O: Risiken, Haftung and Pflichten
- RPA
- Relying Party Agreement
- R/L/O
Risks, Liabilities and Obligations
[S]
- SA
- Software-Assessor, Software-Assessment
- SE
- Support Engineer, Software Engineer
- SM
- Security Manual
- SP
- Security Policy
- SO
- Support Officer
- SSO
- Single Sign On
- SubPol(s)
- Subsidiary Policy/Policies
- SVN
- Subversion System, (svn.cacert.org)
[T]
- TTP
- Trusted Third Party
[W]
- WIP
- Work In Progress
- WoT
- Web of Trust
