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U.S. Department of
Transportation
Research and Innovative
Technology Administration
Principles of Certificate
Management
Functions:
The high level CME functions
4Central
signing authority for all certificates
4Distributes
certificates to RA
4Communicates
directly with On Board
Equipment (OBE)
4Coordinates
with CA and LA to distribute certificates
to OBE
4Creates
linkage values
4Encrypts
and sends linkage values to RA
4Reviews misbehavior
reports to identify malfeasance and malfunction
4Reviews
Certificate Revocation Lists (CRLs)
Certificate
Authority (CA)
Registration
Authority (RA)
Linkage
Authority (LA)
Misbehavior Detection & Mgmt (MDM)
4A CME is
an organization responsible for some of the functions and activities
of certificate management
4A Public Key
Infrastructure (PKI) scheme was selected for communications
security
4The
Activation system is the only part of the system that may collect
PII, if that decision is made
CME
Functions