Title :
Case Study: On the Security of Key Storage on PCs
Author :
Gallo, R. ; Kawakami, H. ; Dahab, Ricardo
Author_Institution :
Univ. of Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Abstract :
In this work we review the security of the industry standard, software-based, cryptographic services providers Mozilla NSS Softoken and Microsoft CAPI CSPs. We also provide practical measurements of the user experienced security level. We found that this security level is much lower than expected and some service providers should be avoided.
Keywords :
cryptography; digital signatures; storage management; Microsoft CAPI CSP; Mozilla NSS Softoken; cryptographic service providers; key storage security; software-based service providers; user experienced security level; Cryptography; Hardware; Materials; Smart cards; Software; Standards;
Conference_Titel :
Trust, Security and Privacy in Computing and Communications (TrustCom), 2013 12th IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Melbourne, VIC
DOI :
10.1109/TrustCom.2013.203
