GSA lab to test products for E-Authentication
- By Jason Miller
- Apr 14, 2005
The General Services Administration will set up a lab under the E-Authentication e-government initiative to test commercial products that perform certificate path discovery and validation services.
After reviewing responses to a request for information released earlier this month, GSA will invite vendors whose products meet the federal functional requirements to test them in the E-Authentication lab.
GSA will eventually release a list of qualified and preferred vendors to federal agencies for implementing certificate e-authentication systems. The list will be available by June 30, the RFI said.
GSA is asking vendors to address two methodologies: local validation and host validation. Local validation products are co-located with the secure applications; an outside vendor provides host validation services. To read the lab RFI, go to
www.gcn.com and enter 404 in the GCN.com/box.