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<h1>1 Introduction</h1>
  

  <h3><a name="id2260020">1.1 
        Purpose</a></h3>
    
    <p> This application provides an API to public key infrastructure
    from  RFC 3280 (X.509 certificates) and public key formats defined
    by the PKCS-standard.</p>
  

  <h3><a name="id2252226">1.2 
        Prerequisites</a></h3>
    
    <p>It is assumed that the reader is familiar with the Erlang
    programming language, concepts of OTP and has a basic understanding
    of the concepts of using public keys.</p>
  

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