The certificate itself is public and considered to be unforgeable and can therefore be distributed in any manner, but an associated binding to an identity occurs in the Directory. Binding is what links the certificate to the identity who claims to be using that certificate. For example, the X.500 software that runs the Federal Bridge has cross certificates that enable trust between certificate authorities.
the certificate itself is public and considered to be unforgeable and can therefore be distributed in any manner but an associated binding to an identity occurs in the directory binding is what links the certificate to the identity who claims to be using that certificate for example the x500 software that runs the federal bridge has cross certificates that enable trust between certificate authorities