Introduction to Public Key Infrastructures

• Main Authors: Buchmann, Johannes A. (Author), Karatsiolis, Evangelos (Author), Wiesmaier, Alexander (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Subjects: Computer science.; Computer security.; Data structures (Computer science).; E-commerce.; System safety.; Computer Science.; Data Structures, Cryptology and Information Theory.; Systems and Data Security.; e-Commerce/e-business.; Security Science and Technology.

The introduction of public key cryptography (PKC) was a critical advance in IT security. In contrast to symmetric key cryptography, it enables confidential communication between entities in open networks, in particular the Internet, without prior contact. Beyond this PKC also enables protection tech...

Table of Contents:

• Chap. 1 The Purpose of PKI
• Chap. 2 Certificates
• Chap. 3 Trust Models
• Chap. 4 Private Keys
• Chap. 5 Revocation
• Chap. 6 Validity Models
• Chap. 7 Certification Service Provider
• Chap. 8 Certificate Policies
• Chap. 9 Certification Paths: Retrieval and Validation
• Chap. 10 PKI in Practice
• App. A A Basic Path Validation Algorithm
• App. B Exercise Solutions
• Index.