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CREN's Strategic and Practical FAQ Series

This FAQ print series provides quick, effective background information on complex, strategic leading-edge technologies and are particularly useful for communicating to presidents, CIOs, provosts, and other key campus leaders.

FAQ: Institutional Directories and Repositories (2001 - Members Only)
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  • Provides an introductory to directory services
  • Provides detailed information about directories
  • Contains a glossary of directory terms

FAQ: Digital Certificate Infrastructure (2000)
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  • Provides an introduction to digital certificates
  • Defines digital certificate infrastructure requirements for the user
  • Defines digital infrastructure requirements for the campus
  • Developed by CREN and the Digital Library Federation.

FAQ: CREN's Certificate Authority (1999)
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  • Background questions
  • Users of the CREN Certificate authority Service
  • Overview of the process

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