Developer's Guide to Web Application Security

Using PKI to Secure Web Applications

One might ask,“with all the methods of securing our Web applications, why use

PKI?” One good reason would be that PKI was originally designed for use on the

Internet. Public Key Cryptography has been used between systems for authentica-

tion, data encryption, and authorization for systems access for years now. As a result

of the rash of attacks on Web sites and applications over the last decade, the industry

has begun to place an emphasis on system and application security.

Another reason would be that PKI is a fast and efficient way to secure Web appli-

cations and systems on the Web.The encryption algorithms and ...