New edition of X.509 ITU standard to accelerate global e-commerce through enhancements to authentication and authorization specifications.

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M2 PRESSWIRE-13 April 2000-ITU: New edition of X.509 ITU standard to accelerate global e-commerce through enhancements to authentication and authorization specifications (C)1994-2000 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:13042000 Geneva -- Study Group 7 of the ITU Telecommunication Standardization Sector (ITU-T) approved a new edition of Recommendation X.509.

This recommendation is a broadly accepted standard suitable for many environments, providing an economy of scale that allows e-commerce transactions and communications to be secured as rigorously as needed - from consumer transactions with limited risk, to mission critical business-to-business (B2B) transactions. X.509 is viewed throughout the Information Technology (IT) industry as the definitive...