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Greenpass: Decentralized, PKI-Based Authorization for Wireless LANs

whitepaper On a deeper level, PKI needs to be part of this emerging information infrastructure - since sharing secrets is not workable. However, the traditional approach to PKI - with a centralized hierarchy based on global names and heavy-weight X.509...

Tags: firewalls

[06 May 2008]

The Directory-Enabled PKI Appliance: Digital Signatures Made Simple, Approach and Real World Experience

whitepaper This paper presents a novel approach for a PKI based digital signature system for documents in an enterprise setting. A centralized appliance securely stores users' private signing keys. The appliance interfaces with the existing enterprise...

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[06 May 2008]

PKI: Ten Years Later

whitepaper This paper examines the history and evolution of so-called Public Key Infrastructure (PKI). It compares the original definition of PKI with a broader and more flexible definition that better reflects the variety of implementation philosophies...

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[04 May 2008]

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]

A Scalable PKI for a National Grid Service

whitepaper This paper describes work to expand the PKI for the UK National Grid Service (NGS), to integrate it with site authentication and improve usability. As the NGS grows to support wider and larger scientific communities, the paper investigate how to...

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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]

Role Sharing in Password-Enabled PKI

whitepaper Password-enabled PKI schemes simplify the management of end users' private keys by storing them in password-protected form on a centralized on-line server. Existing password-enabled PKI schemes are based on the single-user model where a private key...

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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]

A New Paradigm in PKI Architecture: OTPK Technology for Online Digital Signature

whitepaper This paper presents a paradigm shift in PKI architectures. The OTPK concept is alarmingly simple to understand. Whenever a digital signature is required, the private key is generated, certified, used to compute the digital signature and immediately...

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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]

CA's eTrust PKI Helps Neighborhood Health Plan Secure Email and Address HIPAA Compliance

whitepaper By using Computer Associates eTrust PKI, NHP can securely share member health data in compliance with HIPAA requirements. Neighborhood Health Plan (NHP), an affiliate of Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, is a not-for-profit health maintenance...

Tags: pki, healthcare, health, computer associates

[10 Apr 2008]

BGI Enhances End User Productivity Using the Secure Reduced Sign-on Capability of the Windows 2000 Active Directory Service

whitepaper Active Directory provided industry-standard Kerberos and PKI for secure cross-platform reduced sign-on authentication, and programming interfaces to speed the deployment of new solutions. A business value analysis based on the Rapid Economic...

Tags: directory services, administrator, authentication, directory

[10 Apr 2008]

InterPARES 2 Case Study Proposal: Computerization of Alsace-Moselle's Land Registry

whitepaper The electronic registry will initially comprise the transcription of 40 000 existing paper registries (10 linear kms); each new database entry will be individually signed by a judge (magistrat), using a PKI infrastructure combining biometric...

Tags: database management, investigate, signatures, registry

[10 Apr 2008]

Adobe Solutions for the SAFE Standard

whitepaper Acrobat and Reader require minimal customization and interoperate directly with the standards-based PKI infrastructure of SAFE. SAFE has helped to significantly advance the legal, business, and technical outlook for electronic transactions worldwide.

Tags: digital signatures

[03 Apr 2008]

New Solution Helps City Strengthen IT Security, Automate Software Distribution

whitepaper The city also decided to implement a Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) to help protect information that is exchanged across applications, internal networks, and the Internet. As part of an ongoing effort to operate more efficiently, the City of...

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[23 Mar 2008]

PKI Support in Windows 2000 and Windows Server 2003: Secorvo White Paper

whitepaper Microsoft has made Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) functionality a core component of its security architecture since Windows 2000. While this is undoubtedly an important step, the focus of the PKI functionality is clearly on integrated support in a...

Tags: windows nt - 2000 - 2003

[15 Feb 2008]

TechNet Webcast: Deploying and Upgrading to System Center Configuration Manager (Part 2 of 2) (Level 300)

whitepaper System Center Configuration Manager native mode provides greater security, but public key infrastructure (PKI) and certificates considerations need to be addressed. This webcast covers the process of deploying and upgrading to Microsoft System...

Tags: infrastructure management

[14 Jan 2008]

AXA Technology Services Reduces Data Security Costs With Public Key Infrastructure

whitepaper And because the encryption technology is embedded into the operating system, companies can deploy PKI rapidly and cost-effectively. AXA Technology Services, the support arm of one of the world's largest financial protection and wealth management...

Tags: application servers

[10 Jan 2008]

Federated Identity, Distributed PKI and Smart Cards

whitepaper It describes why use of a distributed PKI is generally superior to a federated identity approach. This paper considers authentication systems based on smart cards, where the smart cards will be issued by many organizations, and authentication must...

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[06 Jan 2008]

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