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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What is the use of Certification Authority (CA) in PKI?
A
Issues the certificate
B
Requests a certificate
C
Registration Authority
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -As an integral part of PKI, a CA plays multiple crucial roles: issues digital certificates; helps establish trust between communicating entities over the internet; verifies domain names and organizations to validate their identities; and.

Detailed explanation-2: -By enabling authenticity, integrity, and encryption, PKI and digital certificates permit secure communication over insecure networks, such as the Internet. An organization that maintains a PKI and manages the issuance and revocation of digital certificates is known as a certificate authority (CA).

Detailed explanation-3: -In cryptography, a PKI is an arrangement that binds public keys with respective identities of entities (like people and organizations). The binding is established through a process of registration and issuance of certificates at and by a certificate authority (CA).

Detailed explanation-4: -The role of the Certificate Authority (CA) in Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) is to create and revoke digital certificates.

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