[pkix] Re: Terminology check: "PKI consumer"

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Doesn't work for me, seems ambiguous.

'Relying Party' is the term of art we have used for 30 years and I see no
reason to change.

On Mon, Feb 3, 2025 at 9:06=E2=80=AFPM Stephen Wilson <[email protected]=
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wrote:

> Greetings PKIers.
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> I have come across an unfamiliar phrase in some new PKI tender
> documentation. It is related to the energy sector's IEEE 2030.5 standard
> for certain IoT device certificates.
>
> The phrase is "PKI consumer" which is taken to mean the entity to which a
> certificate is issued
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> I reckon "Subject" is the unambiguous term of art.
>
> Does anyone else see "PKI consumer" being used in the marketplace, and
> what do you think?
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> Thanks for any feedback. Cheers,
>
> Steve.
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