HPE6-A78 · Question #41
Which is a correct description of a Public Key Infrastructure (PKI)?
The correct answer is D. A user must manually choose to trust a root Certification Authority (CA) certificate, or the root CA. Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) relies on a trusted root Certification Authority (CA) to issue certificates. Devices and users must trust the root CA for the PKI to be effective. If a root CA certificate is not pre-installed or manually chosen to be trusted on a device, any…
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Which is a correct description of a Public Key Infrastructure (PKI)?
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- AA device uses Intermediate Certification Authorities (CAs) to enable it to trust root CAs that are
- BA user must manually choose to trust intermediate and end-entity certificates, or those certificates
- CRoot Certification Authorities (CAs) primarily sign certificates, and Intermediate Certification
- DA user must manually choose to trust a root Certification Authority (CA) certificate, or the root CA
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(24 responses)- B4% (1)
- D96% (23)
Explanation
Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) relies on a trusted root Certification Authority (CA) to issue certificates. Devices and users must trust the root CA for the PKI to be effective. If a root CA certificate is not pre-installed or manually chosen to be trusted on a device, any certificates issued by that CA will not be inherently trusted by the device.
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