[2] 
[DFN[末端実体証明書]]は、
[[末端実体]]の[[証明書]]です。

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[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-3.2>
]FIGCAPTION]

> End entity certificates
>    are issued to subjects that are not authorized to issue certificates.

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