Acronyms

Question 1

GC

Answer 1

Government of Canada

Question 2

CA

Answer 2

Certificate Authority

Question 3

CP

Answer 3

Certificate Policy

Question 4

CRL

Answer 4

Certificate Revocation List

Question 5

DN

Answer 5

Distinguished Name

Question 6

FIPS

Answer 6

Federal Information Processing Standards

Question 7

IETF

Answer 7

Internet Engineering Task Force

Question 8

OCSP

Answer 8

Online Certificate Status Protocol

Question 9

OID

Answer 9

Object Identifier

Question 10

PKI

Answer 10

Public Key Infrastructure

Question 11

PKIX

Answer 11

The Working Group from IETF responsible for developing Internet standards to support X.509-based Public Key Infrastructures (PKIs)

Question 12

RA

Answer 12

Registration Authority

Question 13

RDN

Answer 13

Relative Distinguished Name, as per the X.509 standard.

Question 14

RFC

Answer 14

Request for Comment

Question 15

RSA

Answer 15

Rivest-Shamir-Adleman

Question 16

SHA

Answer 16

Secure Hash Algorithm

Question 17

URL

Answer 17

Uniform Resource Locator

Question 18

BCGov

Answer 18

Government of the Province of British Columbia

Question 19

CPS

Answer 19

Certification Practices Statement

Question 20

ECDSA

Answer 20

Elliptic Curve Digital Signature Algorithm

Question 21

IETF

Answer 21

Internet Engineering Task Force

Question 22

PA

Answer 22

Policy Authority

Question 23

PKCS

Answer 23

Public-Key Cryptography Standards

Question 24

RSA-PSS

Answer 24

RSA Probabilistic Signature Scheme

Question 25

UUID

Answer 25

Universally Unique Identifier