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PKI Interoperability by an Independent, Trusted Validation Authority

whitepaper This paper suggests an approach based on a trust model where an independent Validation Authority (VA) replaces Certification Authorities (CA) as the trust anchor for the receiver of a PKI certificate (the Relying Party, RP).

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[03 May 2008]

Distributing Security-Mediated PKI

whitepaper The security-mediated approach to PKI offers several advantages, such as instant revocation and compatibility with standard RSA tools. This paper presents a design and prototype that addresses its trust and scalability problems.

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[02 May 2008]

PorKI: Making User PKI Safe on Machines of Heterogeneous Trustworthiness

whitepaper Public key cryptography can reduce this risk of attack, because authentication using PKI is designed to not give away sensitive data. As evidenced by the proliferation of phishing attacks and keystroke loggers, everyone knows that human beings are...

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[02 May 2008]

AutoPKI: A PKI Resources Discovery System?

whitepaper The central goal of Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) is to enable trust judgments between distributed users. Although certificates play a central role in making such judgments, a PKI's users need more than just knowledge of certificates.

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[11 Apr 2008]

Modeling and Evaluation of Certification Path Discovery in the Emerging Global PKI

whitepaper Built from measurement data collected from current PKI systems in development and deployment over more than 10 countries, this model is the largest simulated PKI architecture to-date. Establishing trust on certificates across multiple domains...

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[11 Apr 2008]

The Security and Trust Services API (SATSA) for J2ME: The Security APIs

whitepaper This paper discusses a lot of information related to security and SATSA - from background on PKI and cryptography, to use-cases, the SATSA APIs and how to use them. Any person who is responsible for designing and developing secure J2ME applications...

Tags: java, pki, person, role

[06 Nov 2007]

PKI Policy Note

whitepaper The content of and approach to forming PKI policy is an evolving discipline, and there is much ongoing debate about it, especially as large PKI-based trust infrastructures begin to emerge. This PKI Note provides general information about PKI policy...

Tags: pki, policy, pki, environments

[22 Jun 2007]

VeriSign Trust Network Certificate Policies: Version 2.4

whitepaper The VeriSign Trust Network (VTN) is a global PKI that accommodates a large, public, and widely distributed community of users with diverse needs for communications and information security. The Certificate Policies (CP) sets forth the business...

Tags: network security, trust, distributed, policy

[05 Jun 2007]

Enterprise Key Management: Understanding the Core Issues of Key Management - Including Key Recovery - And the Unique, State-of-the-Art Solution Offered by VeriSign

whitepaper XML complements Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) and digital certificates, the standard method for securing Internet transactions. To simplify integration of PKI and digital certificates with applications, VeriSign, Microsoft, and webMethods have...

Tags: back-up, xml, transactions, certificates

[04 Aug 2006]

EPC Network: Securing the Pharmaceutical Supply Chain

whitepaper Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) cryptography and digital signature technology, applied via Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) digital certificates, provide the authentication, data integrity, and privacy necessary for e-commerce.

Tags: mobile - wireless communications, trust, transactions, commerce

[04 Aug 2006]

VeriSign Managed PKI for SSL

whitepaper All of those transactions require trust and security, making mission-critical to devise common XML mechanisms for authenticating merchants, buyers, and suppliers to each other, and for digitally signing and encrypting XML documents like contracts...

Tags: ssl - tls, transactions, xml, markup language

[04 Aug 2006]

Audit Framework for Public Key Infrastructure

whitepaper To demonstrate the necessary trust and assurance, a PKI must conform to international standards and attest to this conformance through regular and ongoing audit. This paper explains the fundamental processes that will enable an organization that...

Tags: pki, electronic, achieve, enable

[22 Aug 2005]

PKI Basics - A Technical Perspective

whitepaper PKI provides a well-conceived infrastructure to efficiently deliver these services in a cohesive manner. PKI is a long-term solution, as any infrastructure should be considered. As the world of commerce becomes increasingly dependent on the...

Tags: security management, commerce, electronic, term

[22 Aug 2005]

Federal Bridge Certification Authority's Deployment of Isode's M-Vault

whitepaper The FBCA challenge was to facilitate the interoperability of that trust and authentication system among disparate entity PKIs; thereby, enabling a user, say in one entity PKI, to verify a digital signature made by another user in a different...

Tags: pki, interoperability, trust, pki

[14 Dec 2004]

Directory Based Trust - A New Model for E-Commerce

whitepaper Certification Authorities using X.509 PKI are broadly accepted as the underlying mechanism for implementing this trust. This paper describes how the trusted directory can be used in conjunction with PKI based trust on the Extranet to support e...

Tags: directory services, trust, commerce, pki

[10 Mar 2004]

All You Need is Trust…General Information - Requires Moderate Understanding of PKI

whitepaper However, despite the rapid advancement of technology to secure electronic trading, many markets are lacking a vital ingredient - trust. The technology and security is in place, so why do so many businesses still need to be reassured about the...

Tags: law and government, electronic, trading, conduct

[24 Feb 2004]

Trust in a Box Series (part I): No Assembly Required - Leading eBusiness Applications with Integrated PKI

whitepaper Find out about all of the eBusiness applications which are already "made for trust". Businesses all recognize the importance of security when communicating and transacting online. But, is having adequate security worth the cost of implementation?

Tags: security applications

[24 Feb 2004]

Cross-certification and PKI Policy Networking

whitepaper This paper will explain the two methods used by Entrust/PKI to extend trust between Certification Authorities (CAs): peer-to-peer cross-certification and hierarchical cross-certification. The paper will also explain PKI policy networking, which...

Tags: network security, cross, method, trust

[24 Feb 2004]

eTrust PKI -The Easy-to-Implement, Single Vendor PKI Solution

whitepaper Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) is the most secure and reliable means of providing access to company information and services, ensuring privacy and trust for an organization and its internal and external users.

Tags: security management

[24 Feb 2004]

Legislation and PKI Evolution

whitepaper Establishing trust in a wireless Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) is crucial for the success of applications that will exploit the opportunities created by handheld wireless devices. This paper first examines recent legislation that will have a...

Tags: pki, legislation, public key infrastructure, exploit

[24 Feb 2004]

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