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Key-pair owner

Definition(s):

  The entity that is authorized to use the private key associated with a public key, whether that entity generated the key pair itself or a trusted party generated the key pair for the entity.
Source(s):
NIST SP 800-133 [Superseded]

  In asymmetric-key cryptography, the entity that is authorized to use the private key associated with a public key, whether that entity generated the key pair itself, or a trusted party generated the key pair for the entity.
Source(s):
NIST SP 800-133 Rev.1 [Superseded]

  In asymmetric-key cryptography, the entity that is authorized to use the private key associated with a public key, whether that entity generated the key pair itself or a trusted party generated the key pair for the entity.
Source(s):
NIST SP 800-133 Rev. 2