Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs): What and Why?

[lachellel]

Starting a list of frequently asked questions. Audience is US federal government teams.

• Purpose: Add a short lived FAQ to the website or (alternately) a short lived presentation for federal government teams to review
• Some questions are intentionally meant to be humorous
• Please add more questions

---

• What is a certificate policy?
• What is the difference between a certificate policy and a Policy in government?
• Will each agency have their own certification authority for public trust pki?
• What is the difference between Public Trust PKI versus the current Federal PKI?
• Who defines the rules for Public Trust PKI?
• Why can't US government tell the trust store programs to let us do whatever we want?
• What is Man in the Middle (MiTM)? Will this certification authority be used for Man in the Middle?
• When will this service be available?
• Will we be required to use this service?
• I don't want to automate - I like forms! What should I do?
• Can US states and locals (using .gov or not) get a certificate from PT PKI?
• Will the PT PKI operate its own Certificate Transparency log?
• What’s the cost to obtain a certificate?
• How will someone prove they are authorized to obtain a PT PKI cert?

@h-m-f-t open and transparent? 👍

[michaelblyons]

Can Legislative and Judicial entities get certificates and/or become sub-CAs?

[idmken]

Noted for future help desk page.