PKIX-based certification infrastructure implementation adapted to non-personal end entities

  • Authors:

  • Eduardo Jacob;Fidel Liberal;Juanjo Unzilla

  • Affiliations:

  • DET, Faculty of Engineering, University of the Basque Country, Alda. Urquijo s/n. 48013 Bilbao, Spain;DET, Faculty of Engineering, University of the Basque Country, Alda. Urquijo s/n. 48013 Bilbao, Spain;DET, Faculty of Engineering, University of the Basque Country, Alda. Urquijo s/n. 48013 Bilbao, Spain

  • Venue:
  • Future Generation Computer Systems - Special section: Selected papers from the TERENA networking conference 2002
  • Year:
  • 2003

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Abstract

Public Key Infrastructures (PKIs) are considered the most suitable system to provide basic security services through digital certificates use. Nevertheless, traditional way of operation, based on web interface and asynchronous interactions, as well as the cost and difficulty of registration processes, have caused their replacement by other systems in many of the scenarios for which PKIs were conceived. These more efficient solutions present generally laxer security mechanisms and require too much user knowledge. The system we propose tries to provide a bridge between both approaches by defining an automated PKI focused on specific application scopes by using on-line interaction procedures.