Developer's Guide to Web Application Security

to be the cure-all when it comes to Web security—they are, however, a means to a

number of ways to protect Web investments.

Reviewing the Basics of PKI

PKI is a security method that is finding more and more usefulness in the Internet

community today. PKI is the means by which many Web entities exchange informa-

tion privately and securely over a public medium such as the Internet.

PKI employs public key cryptography to allow secure data exchanges between

two systems.The type of cryptography PKI uses involves hiding or keeping secret a

distinctly different private key on one system while a public key is distributed to

other systems wishing to engage in ...