Verisign Gets Root-Security Assignment.(Cable Television Laboratories Inc. hires VeriSign Inc. as its root-certificate authority)(Brief Article)
Multichannel News, January, 2001 by BAUMGARTNER, JEFF
Cable Television Laboratories Inc. has tapped VeriSign Inc. as its root-certificate authority (root CA), charged with handling the digital certificates used to shield cable modems and multimedia terminal adapters from hackers. By hosting and managing the Root CA operation, VeriSign will serve as the starting point for authenticating the digital certificates embedded in Data Over Cable Service Interface Specification (DOCSIS) 1.0 and PacketCable-based MTAs.
DOCSIS 1.1 and PacketCable specifications require digital certificates and a publickey infrastructure to prevent pirates from cloning the equipment and stealing cable services. CableLabs sought a company to handle the security root because it did not have the inhouse elements needed to run...
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