How do Openstack Keystone PKI certificates work? -
openstack keystone pki uses 2 certificates document mentions: https://www.mirantis.com/blog/understanding-openstack-authentication-keystone-pki/
ca certificate , signing certificate.
my understanding far: signing key used sign user token while signing certificate contains corresponding public key , shared service endpoint used while decrypting user token.
is correct? if so, purpose of ca certificate , ca key?
i'd suggest openstack documentation @ http://docs.openstack.org/admin-guide-cloud/content/certificates-for-pki.html
pki stands public key infrastructure. tokens documents, cryptographically signed using x509 standard. in order work correctly token generation requires public/private key pair. public key must signed in x509 certificate, , certificate used sign must available certificate authority (ca) certificate.
tokens both signed , verified. there's no decryption.
the certificate , certificate authority used can internal or external , how cloud provider choses configure them.
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