Digi-ID™ Options

Digi-ID™ Key Management Options

[1] The production of any Digital Certificate [2], from any provider, uses the same x.509 elements and the method that is used to inextricably link the Key-Pair to the Certificate we call the ‘Binding Option’. There are two different Binding Options that can be used when generating Digital Certificates and each one produces an inherently different CA environment.

With Digi-CA™ [3], you can choose what type of Binding Option you prefer once you have a clear understanding of your environment and the affect of your choice. Digi-CA™ refers to the Binding Options as Disposable or Renewable and classifies the options in two distinctly different Digi-IDs™:

• Disposable Digi-ID™
• Renewable Digi-ID™

With Digi-CA™, you can choose the Disposable Digi-ID™ [4] Binding Option most frequently used in Traditional CA [5]s or you can use the more modern Binding Option that creates the Renewable Digi-ID™.

• Disposable Digi-ID™
The Disposable Binding Option stipulates that every time you require a new Digi-ID™, you need both a new Key-Pair and a new Certificate. Once the Digi-ID™ expires, you simply dispose of it and issue a new Digi-ID™ (i.e. a new Key-Pair and a new Certificate are issued every time). The Digi-ID™ that uses this type of Disposable Binding Option is referred too as a Disposable Digi-ID™.




• Renewable Digi-ID™
The Renewable Binding Option stipulates that you only need a new Certificate to renew the Digi-ID™. Once the Digi-ID™ expires, you simply issue a new Certificate to renew it (i.e. only a new Certificate is issued every time). The Digi-ID™ that uses this type of Renewable Binding Option is referred too as a Renewable Digi-ID™.