November 2012
Intermediate to advanced
1200 pages
78h 13m
English
Terence Spies, Voltage Security
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This chapter will explain the cryptographic background that forms the foundation of PKI systems, the mechanics of the X.509 PKI system (as elaborated by the Internet Engineering Task Force), the practical issues surrounding the implementation of PKI systems, a number of alternative PKI standards, and alternative cryptographic strategies for solving the problem of secure public key distribution. PKI systems are complex objects that have proven to be difficult to implement properly. This chapter aims to survey ...
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