Introduction

Welcome to KISTI Certification Authority web site.

KISTI Certification Authority is operated by the Grid Technology Research Team of KISTI (Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information).

The authority satisfies requirements from APGrid PMA. Certificates issued by the KISTI Grid CA are compatible with the Globus Toolkit middleware.

The public key cryptography is the basis of grid security architecture. Certification Authority (CA) is a mandatory component of public key infrastructure (PKI).

Please read "Overview of the Grid Security Infrastructure" from Globus site for more information.