Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) in an integrated system of software, encryption methodologies, protocols, legal agreements, and third-party services that enables users to communicate securely an protect information assets.
Let's just say you have lots of vital information such as customer specifics, technological discovery that you'd want to implement into your company's operations, etc. You'd want to protect them from...
I'm not certain of the intent of the question but it sounds like what is being asked is how you can know the actual identity of someone from their public key - i.e. how you can know that the public...
key (a metal device shaped in such a way that when it is inserted into the appropriate lock the lock's mechanism can be rotated) that has the attribute open to the public (open to the general public)
One person has answered with this: "Public and Private Keys are not usually used in networking, more common in secure financial transactions and sensitive data transfer. If you worked in a bank you...