A IDENTIDADE NO ENSINO A DISTÂNCIA: A CERTEZA DO CLICK SEGURO PELO VERDADEIRO AUTOR

Abstract

DOI: 10.14684/intertech.13.2014.257-261

Among the available technologies of security, the electronic certification or virtual identity, developed from cryptography, allows the unequivocal identification of an author of a message made in electronic means, which guarantees authenticity, confidentiality and integrity. In distance education, the use of digital certification from Brazil ICP’s model by students and tutors promotes more safety to the system in conducting the face-to-face evaluation and/or the access to a network with digital certificate, avoiding frauds in official documents, as ID card or driver’s license. This essay aimed to verify the inclusion of digital certificate in virtual environment of learning, the adequacy and operation of this technology. The digital certificate keeps the user’s responsibilities, the details of the security policy, which is created and signed by a certifying authority that guarantees the inviolability of the sent content, offering several services with more agility, facility in access and substantial costs reduction.

Index Terms - virtual identity, digital certificate, distance education.