Open Source Implementations
There exist several open source implementations of certificate servers, commonly referred to as a CA or Certificate Authority. Common for all is that they provide the services to issue, revoke and manage digital certificates.
Some well known open source implementations are:
- EJBCA
- OpenCA
- OpenSSL, it is really an SSL/TLS library, but comes with tools to use it as a simple certificate authority.
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