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@c Copyright (C) 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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@c This is part of the GnuPG manual.
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@c For copying conditions, see the file gnupg.texi.
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@node Glossary
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@unnumbered Glossary
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@table @samp
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@item ARL
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The @emph{Authority Revocation List} is technical identical to a
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@acronym{CRL} but used for @acronym{CA}s and not for end user
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certificates.
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@item CRL
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The @emph{Certificate Revocation List} is a list containing
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certificates revoked by the issuer.
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@item CSR
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The @emph{Certificate Signing Request} is a message send to a CA to
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ask them to issue a new certificate. The data format of such a signing
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request is called PCKS#10.
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@item Keygrip
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This term is used by GnuPG to describe a 20 byte hash value used
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to identify a certain key without referencing to a concrete protocol.
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It is used internally to access a private key. Usually it is shown and
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entered as a 40 character hexadecimal formatted string.
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@item OCSP
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The @emph{Online Certificate Status Protocol} is used as an
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alternative to a @acronym{CRL}. It is described in @code{RFC 2560}.
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@item PSE
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The @emph{Personal Security Environment} describes a database to
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store private keys. This is either a smartcard or a collection of files
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on a disk; the latter is often called a Soft-PSE.
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@end table
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