La. Admin. Code tit. 4 § I-707
Asymmetric Cryptosystem -a computer-based system that employs two different but mathematically related keys with the following characteristics:
a. one key encrypts a given message;
b. one key decrypts a given message; and
c. the keys have the property that, knowing one key, it is computationally infeasible to discover the other key.
a. identifies the certification authority issuing it;
b. names or identifies its subscriber;
c. contains the subscriber's public key;
d. identifies its operational period;
e. is digitally signed by the certification authority issuing it; and
f. conforms to ISO X.509 Version 3 standards.
Certificate Manufacturer -a person that provides operational services for a certification authority or PKI service provider. The nature and scope of the obligations and functions of a certificate manufacturer depend on contractual arrangements between the certification authority or other PKI service provider and the certificate manufacturer.
Certificate Policy -a document prepared by a policy authority that describes the parties, scope of business, functional operations, and obligations between and among PKI service providers and end entities who engage in electronic transactions in a public key infrastructure.
Certification Authority -a person who issues a certificate.
Certification Practice Statement -documentation of the practices, procedures, and controls employed by a certification authority.
Digital Signature -an electronic identifier intended by the person using it to have the same force and effect as the use of a manual signature, and that complies with the requirements of this Section.
Digitally-Signed Communication -a message that has been processed by a computer in such a manner that ties the message to the individual that signed the message.
End Entities -subscribers or signers and relying parties.
Escrow Agent -a person who holds a copy of a private key at the request of the owner of the private key in a trustworthy manner.
Handwriting Measurements -the metrics of the shapes, speeds and/or other distinguishing features of a signature as the person writes it by hand with a pen or stylus on a flat surface.
Key Pair -a private key and its corresponding public key in an asymmetric cryptosystem. The keys have the property that the public key can verify a digital signature that the private key creates.
Local Government -a parish, municipality, special district, or other political subdivision of this state, or a combination of two or more of those entities.
Message -a digital representation of information.
Person -an individual, state agency, local government, corporation, partnership, association, organization, or any other legal entity.
PKI -Public Key Infrastructure.
PKI Service Provider -a certification authority, certificate manufacturer, registrar, or any other person that performs services pertaining to the issuance or verification of certificates.
Policy Authority -a person with final authority and responsibility for specifying a certificate policy.
Private Key -the key of a key pair used to create a digital signature.
Proof of Identification -the document or documents or other evidence presented to a certification authority to establish the identity of a subscriber.
Public Key -the key of a key pair used to verify a digital signature.
Public Key Cryptography -a type of cryptographic technology that employs an asymmetric cryptosystem.
Registrar -a person that gathers evidence necessary to confirm the accuracy of information to be included in a subscriber's certificate.
Relying Party -a state agency that has received an electronic message that has been signed with a digital signature and is in a position to rely on the message and signature.
Role-Based Key -a key pair issued to a person to use when acting in a particular business or organizational capacity.
Signature Digest -the resulting bit-string produced when a signature is tied to a document using signature dynamics.
Signer -the person who signs a digitally signed communication with the use of an acceptable technology to uniquely link the message with the person sending it.
State Agency -a department, commission, board, office, council, or other agency in the executive branch of state government that is created by the constitution, executive order, or a statute of this state. Higher education, the legislature and the judiciary are to be considered state agencies to the extent that the communication is pursuant to a state law applicable to such entities.
a. is the subject listed in a certificate;
b. accepts the certificate; and
c. holds a private key which corresponds to a public key listed in that certificate.
Technology -the computer hardware and/or software-based method or process used to create digital signatures.
Written Electronic Communication -a message that is sent by one person to another person.
La. Admin. Code tit. 4, § I-707