Overview#

Registration Authority is an Entity which is Responsible and perhaps Accountable for Credential Enrollment.

Public Key Infrastructure#

Within Public Key Infrastructure a Registration Authority (RA) is an Authoritative Entity that performs Identity Proofing for any Entity during the Certificate Request Process and then informs the Certificate Authority that it is "ok" ti issue the Certificate

As a Certificate is a credential the Registration Authority SHOULD perform the same as for Credential Enrollment.

The Registration Authority is responsible for assurance that Identity Proofing that the Requesting Party is the appropriate entity for the certificate is will be used to represent.

The Registration Authority must provide the proper Certificate Level Of Assurance and perform the proper Identity Proofing associated with each Certificate Level Of Assurance

The Registration Authority is responsible for the certificate issuance but the Certificate Authority is Accountable

More Information#

There might be more information for this subject on one of the following:

• Account termination
• Blockchain
• Certificate
• Certificate Authority
• Certificate Request Message Format
• Certificate Request Process
• Certificate Transparency
• Certificate Validation
• Certificate-based Authentication
• Compromised Certificate
• Decentralized Identifier
• Domain Authorization Document
• Domain Validated Certificate
• Google Cloud DNS
• ISO 15022
• ISO 639
• Identity Assurance
• Identity Proofing
• Level Of Assurance
• Perspectives Project
• Public Key Infrastructure
• Public Key Infrastructure Weaknesses
• RA
• Registration
• W3C Decentralized Identifiers