RE: Internet EDI -- Clearing House? Certification Authority

[Rik Drummond <drummond@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Just as with email, each party has one (or several) certificates which identify them. These may be created by themselves, or by a third party certificate authority, such as the government, an ISP, an association, a certificate-providing company or a VAN.  They are usable more than once to support edi exchanges.

later...rik

-----Original Message-----
From:	Ma Fei Chun [SMTP:mfc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent:	Friday, May 23, 1997 8:21 AM
To:	ietf-ediint@xxxxxxx
Cc:	Electronic Data Interchange Issues
Subject:	Internet EDI -- Clearing House? Certification Authority

Hello,

 	For EDI over Internet, is it necessary to have a digital
certificate for each EDI transaction? 
Or the Clearing house (maybe an Internet VAN or ISP) has already more or
less the functions that acts like a signing of digital certificate?

						Best Regards,
						Ma Fei Chun, Patrick