Valicert Inc has upgraded its Enterprise VA Suite, a system for validating digital certificates, to version 2.0. Digital certificates hold the digital keys used to protect information and business transactions in transit across the internet. The Enterprise VA supports a number of validation mechanisms, including certificate revocation lists (CRLs), online certificate status protocol (OCSP), and ValiCert’s own certificate revocation tree (CRT). Other components of the suite include standalone and plug-in software modules that check the revocation status of digital certificates; a Validator Toolkit to help developers integrate validation into new and existing applications; and ValiCert’s VA Publisher, to distribute CRLs from Microsoft, Netscape and Entrust certificate servers on a regular basis.
