Minnesota Statutes 325K.09 – General Requirements for Certification Authorities
Subdivision 1.Use of trustworthy system.
A licensed certification authority or subscriber may use only a trustworthy system:
Terms Used In Minnesota Statutes 325K.09
- Certificate: means a computer-based record that:
(1) identifies the certification authority issuing it;
(2) names or identifies its subscriber;
(3) contains the subscriber's public key; and
(4) is digitally signed by the certification authority issuing it. See Minnesota Statutes 325K.01
- Certification authority: means a person who issues a certificate. See Minnesota Statutes 325K.01
- Certification practice statement: means a declaration of the practices that a certification authority employs in issuing certificates generally, or employed in issuing a material certificate. See Minnesota Statutes 325K.01
- Licensed certification authority: means a certification authority to whom a license has been issued by the secretary and whose license is in effect, or a certification authority who operates under a license issued by a governmental entity which has been certified pursuant to section 325K. See Minnesota Statutes 325K.01
- Person: means a human being or an organization capable of signing a document, either legally or as a matter of fact. See Minnesota Statutes 325K.01
- Precedent: A court decision in an earlier case with facts and law similar to a dispute currently before a court. Precedent will ordinarily govern the decision of a later similar case, unless a party can show that it was wrongly decided or that it differed in some significant way.
- Private key: means the key of a key pair used to create a digital signature. See Minnesota Statutes 325K.01
- Publish: means to record or file in a repository. See Minnesota Statutes 325K.01
- Recipient: means a person who has received a certificate and a digital signature verifiable with reference to a public key listed in the certificate and is in a position to rely on it. See Minnesota Statutes 325K.01
- Subscriber: means a person who:
(1) is the subject listed in a certificate;
(2) accepts the certificate; and
(3) holds a private key that corresponds to a public key listed in that certificate. See Minnesota Statutes 325K.01
- Trustworthy system: means computer hardware and software that:
(1) are reasonably secure from intrusion and misuse;
(2) provide a reasonable level of availability, reliability, and correct operation; and
(3) are reasonably suited to performing their intended functions. See Minnesota Statutes 325K.01
(1) to issue, suspend, or revoke a certificate;
(2) to publish or give notice of the issuance, suspension, or revocation of a certificate; or
(3) to create a private key.
Subd. 2.Disclosure required.
A licensed certification authority shall disclose any material certification practice statement and disclose any fact material to either the reliability of a certificate that it has issued or its ability to perform its services. A certification authority may require a signed, written, and reasonably specific inquiry from an identified person and payment of reasonable compensation as conditions precedent to effecting a disclosure required in this subdivision.
Subd. 3.Acceptance.
A recipient who accepts a digital signature when the certificate was issued by a licensed certification authority becomes a party to and accepts all of the terms and conditions of the licensed certification authority’s certification practice statement.