Summary
This chapter has addressed the various phases that comprise the comprehensive key/certificate life cycle management. Each of these phases was discussed in detail, and various issues associated with each phase have been identified.
The importance of a comprehensive key/certificate life cycle management has been addressed, and various pointers to additional information within this book have been provided. In particular, the details regarding certificate revocation can be found in Chapter 8, the certificate dissemination mechanisms are described in Chapter 11, and the requirements associated with client-side software are discussed in Chapter 12, "PKI Operational Considerations" .
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