Brief description of the certification of the public key by a provider not accredited

摘要

The present invention makes it possible to guarantee the certification of a public key of a user by reducing the stress of the competent authorities of the certification of clés.elle more particularly relates to a process for the management of a public key of a user (2) which can be implemented in a cryptosystem asymétrique.selon the invention, a certification, or validation of the correspondence between a public key (¼) and a user (2), is performed by an entity of the validation (3), a service provider, distinct from the certification authority (1), by means of a validation step. The password of the user (passive) is checked by the validation, but without the latter not known.