[2] [DFN[[RUBYB[末端実体]@en[end entity]]]]は、 ([[CA]] と区別して、)
[[証明書]]の [[subject]] となる者のことをいいます。

[FIG(quote)[
[FIGCAPTION[
[1] [CITE@en[RFC 5280 - Internet X.509 Public Key Infrastructure Certificate and Certificate Revocation List (CRL) Profile]]
([TIME[2015-02-22 15:44:10 +09:00]] 版)
<http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5280#section-3>
]FIGCAPTION]

> 
:end entity: user of PKI certificates and/or end user system that is the subject of a certificate;

]FIG]

[3] 
[[末端実体証明書]]