PKI and digital certification infrastructure

Author

Hunt, Ray

Author_Institution

Dept. of Comput. Sci., Canterbury Univ., Christchurch, New Zealand

fYear

2001

fDate

10-12 Oct. 2001

Firstpage

234

Lastpage

239

Abstract

Secure VPN technology is only possible with the use of appropriate security systems such as encryption, digital signatures, digital certificates, public/private key pairs, non-repudiation, and time-stamping. A PKI comprises a system of certificates, certificate authorities, subjects, relying partners, registration authorities, and key repositories that provide for safe and reliable communications. This paper discusses these key technologies focusing particularly on standardisation as well as looking at some of the challenges pending its widespread operation in the industry.

Keywords

public key cryptography; standardisation; PKI; certificate authorities; digital certificates; digital certification infrastructure; digital signatures; encryption; industry; key repositories; nonrepudiation; public key cryptography; public/private key pairs; registration authorities; secure VPN technology; security systems; standardisation; time-stamping; Certification; Communication system security; Computer science; Digital signatures; Internet; Protocols; Public key; Public key cryptography; Standards development; Virtual private networks;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Networks, 2001. Proceedings. Ninth IEEE International Conference on

ISSN

1531-2216

Print_ISBN

0-7695-1187-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICON.2001.962346

Filename

962346