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Actual exam question from ISC's SSCP
Question #: 85
Topic #: 5
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In a Public Key Infrastructure, how are public keys published?

  • A. They are sent via e-mail.
  • B. Through digital certificates.
  • C. They are sent by owners.
  • D. They are not published.
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Suggested Answer: B 🗳️
Public keys are published through digital certificates, signed by certification authority (CA), binding the certificate to the identity of its bearer.
A bit more details:
Although "Digital Certificates" is the best (or least wrong!) in the list of answers presented, for the past decade public keys have been published (ie: made known to the World) by the means of a LDAP server or a key distribution server (ex.: http://pgp.mit.edu/). An indirect publishing method is through OCSP servers (to validate digital signatures CRL)
Reference used for this question:
TIPTON, Hal, (ISC)2, Introduction to the CISSP Exam presentation. and http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd361898.aspx
by xymavu at April 4, 2025, 11:39 p.m.

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