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

• Further, the Commission also emphasized on need for a single platform to be used by all departments across a state to reduce the threat to the security of the data, Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) implementation and third party audit at least once a year.

• DoD Public Key Infrastructure encryption, as implemented in the Air Force Common Access Card, may be used to disseminate unclassified restricted distribution and proprietary data.

• In Public Key Cryptography—PKC 2007, volume 4450 of LNCS, pages 1–15.

• For example, Australian Government (central-level) agencies may only use digital keys and certificates issued by an organisation accredited under the Gatekeeper Public Key Infrastructure Framework (PKI Framework).

• During bid preparation the bidders have to send their Public Key of DSC hence they are advised to procure DSCs at earliest to participate in the e-Tender.

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 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.

Public Key. The part of paired digital data that is public; this digital data is used to validate digital signatures.