24. Prerequisites to publication of certificate
Feedback & supportNo person may publish a certificate or otherwise make it available to a person known by that person to be in a position to rely on the certificate or on a digital signature that is verifiable with reference to a public key listed in the certificate, if that person knows that —
certificate
“certificate” means a record issued for the purpose of supporting digital signatures which purports to confirm the identity or other significant characteristics of the person who holds a particular key pair;
the certification authority listed in the certificate has not issued it;
the subscriber listed in the certificate has not accepted it; or
subscriber
“subscriber” means a person who is the subject named or identified in a certificate issued to him and who holds a private key that corresponds to a public key listed in that certificate;
the certificate has been suspended or revoked, unless such publication is for the purpose of verifying a digital signature created prior to such suspension or revocation.
digital signature
“digital signature” means an electronic signature consisting of a transformation of an electronic record using an asymmetric cryptosystem and a hash function such that a person having the initial untransformed electronic record and the signer’s public key can accurately determine —(a)whether the transformation was created using the private key that corresponds to the signer’s public key; and(b)whether the initial electronic record has been altered since the transformation was made;