Understanding Pki: Concepts, Standards, and Deployment Considerations - Hardcover

Adams, Carlisle; Lloyd, Steve

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0672323915 ISBN 13: 9780672323911

Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional, 2003

Synopsis

PKI (public-key infrastructure) enables the secure exchange of data over otherwise unsecured media, such as the Internet. PKI is the underlying cryptographic security mechanism for digital certificates and certificate directories, which are used to authenticate a message sender. Because PKI is the standard for authenticating commercial electronic transactions, Understanding PKI, Second Edition, provides network and security architects with the tools they need to grasp each phase of the key/certificate life...

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From the Publisher

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 services...

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From the Back Cover

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 communications....

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Edition details

• Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0672323915
• ISBN 13: 9780672323911
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 322