EMISSION OF A PUBLIC KEY BY A MOBILE TERMINAL

摘要

The invention relates to a method of certification involving a public key certification authority (30) and at least one mobile terminal (10) which can receive messages which are encrypted by said public key, characterized in that it comprises a stage which consists in generating the public key in the mobile terminal (10), a stage wherein a telecommunications network entity (20) acquires said key from the terminal (10) by means of a network communication, and a stage wherein the terminal (10) is authenticated for the network entity by means of an authentication process of the interlocutor used in a conventional telephone communication, said method comprising a stage wherein the public key is supplied to the certification authority (30) along with the result of the identification process.