Public Key Infrastructure (PKI)

About GPO PKI

• Cross-Certified with Federal Bridge Certification Authority in December 2005
  
  • Met all exacting requirements and standards of Federal PKI Policy Authority and federal policies
• Meets all Federal PKI requirements
• In operation at GPO since 2004

• Getting started with GPO PKI

GPO PKI Services

• End User Certificates
  
  • Digital Signature Certificate
  • Encryption Certificate
• Meets all Federal PKI requirements
  
  • LRA requires a smartcard certificate
  • Extra costs for smartcard and smartcard reader
• In operation at GPO since 2004

Certificate Uses

• File encryption
• Email encryption (S/MIME)
  
  • For Outlook email
• File signing
• Other uses are possible in consultation with GPO PKI

Documents

• Principal CA CPS (Certificate Practices Statement) pdf
  
  • Subordinate CA CPS (Certificate Practices Statement)  pdf
• Certificate Policy pdf
• Certificate Registration pdf
• Certificate Revocation pdf
• End User Subscriber Agreement Form  pdf
• Memorandum of Agreement for PKI Services Template doc

Software

• OFR Standard client build
• CAPI capable client build
• Mac client build
• Vista Test client build