PKI and Digital Certification Infrastructure

  • Authors:
  • Ray Hunt

  • Affiliations:
  • University of Canterbury

  • Venue:
  • ICON '01 Proceedings of the 9th IEEE International Conference on Networks
  • Year:
  • 2001

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Abstract

Secure VPN technology is only possible with theuse of appropriate security systems such asencryption, digital signatures, digital certificates,public/private key pairs, non-repudiation, andtime-stamping. A PKI comprises a system ofcertificates, certificate authorities, subjects,relying partners, registration authorities, and keyrepositories that provide for safe and reliablecommunications. This paper discusses these keytechnologies focusing particularly on recentstandardisation as well as looking at some of thechallenges pending its widespread operation inthe industry.