Public Key Infrastructure: Building Trusted Applications and Web Services

by John R. Vacca

Overview

With the recent Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, public key cryptography, digital signatures, and digital certificates are finally emerging as a ubiquitous part of the Information Technology landscape. Although these technologies have been around for over twenty years, this legislative move will surely boost e-commerce act

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781135517038
Publisher:	CRC Press
Publication date:	05/11/2004
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	448
File size:	4 MB

About the Author

John R. Vacca

Table of Contents

OVERVIEW OF PKI TECHNOLOGY. Public Key Infrastructures (PKIs): What Are They? Type of Certificate Authorities (Cas) Services. PKI Standards. Types of Vendor and Third-Party CA Systems. Protecting Private Keys. CA System Attacks. Stolen Private Keys: What Can Be Done? Certificate Practice Statements. PKI Readiness. ANALYZING AND DESIGNING PUBLIC KEY INFRASTRUCTURES. PKI Design Issues. Cost Justification and Consideration. PKI Standards Design Issues. PKI Architectural Design Considerations. IMPLEMENTING PKI. Requirements. Implementation Schedule. Implementation Costs. PKI Performance. MANAGING PKI. Requesting a Certificate. Obtaining a Certificate. Storing a Certificate Within the Browser. Using a Certificate. Revoking a Certificate. Summary, Conclusions, and Recommendations. APPENDICES. GLOSSARY.