8.5AUTHENTICATIONANDKEYDISTRIBUTION.pptVIP

* * * * * Similarly, each CA has a local keystore which stores its private/public key pair and the digital certificate which signed by a higher authority CA. It also stores the digital certificates of that CA and all other other CAs with which it has prior communication with i.e. other CAs. The agent user, the agent writer and the agent server digital certificates are digitally signed by the local CA. * . In the latter case, the mobile agent certificate will be authenticated by the receiving agent server after the agent server consults its local CA. * * * * * 1. , which is used to verify the