Understanding PKI: Concepts, Standards, and Deployment Considerations - Softcover

Adams, Carlisle; Lloyd, Steve

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0321743091 ISBN 13: 9780321743091

Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional, 2002

Synopsis

Public-key infrastructure (PKI) is the foundation of the four major elements of digital security: authentication, integrity, confidentiality and non-repudiation. The idea of a public-key infrastructure has existed for a while, but the need for PKI has intensified as the Internet has expanded its reach into business, government, the legal system, the military and other areas that depend on secure communications. This text is both a guide for software engineers...

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Without doubt, the promise of public-key infrastructure (PKI) technology has attracted a significant amount of attention in the last few years. Hardly a week goes by without some facet of PKI being addressed in a newspaper, trade journal, or conference paper. We hear and read about the promise of authentication and non-repudiation services provided through the use of digital signature techniques and about confidentiality and key management...

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Public-Key Infrastructure (PKI) is the foundation of the four major elements of digital security: authentication, integrity, confidentiality, and non-repudiation. The idea of a public-key infrastructure has existed for more than a decade, but the need for PKI has intensified over the last few years as the Internet has expanded its reach into business, government, the legal system, the military, and other areas that depend on secure...

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Edition details

• Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0321743091
• ISBN 13: 9780321743091
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 352