3.10 DICOM Security Profile Definitions
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## 3.10 DICOM Security Profile Definitions

The following definitions are commonly used in this Part of the DICOM Standard:

Secure Transport Connection:

  a Transport Connection that provides some level of protection against tampering, eavesdropping, masquerading.

Message Authentication Code:

  A digest or hash code derived from a subset of Data Elements.

Certificate:

  An electronic document that identifies a party and that party's public encryption algorithm, parameters, and key. The Certificate also includes, among other things, the identity and a digital signature from the entity that created the certificate. The content and format of a Certificate are defined by ITU-T Recommendation X.509.

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