PKI White Papers
Risks of PKI: Secure E-Mail
Overview
Public-key infrastructure (PKI), usually meaning digital certificates from a commercial or corporate certificate authority (CA), is touted as the current cure-all for security problems.
Certificates provide an attractive business model. They cost almost nothing to manufacture, and you can dream of selling one a year to everyone on the Internet. Given that much potential income for CAs, we now see many commercial CAs, producing literature, press briefings and lobbying. But, what good are certificates? In particular, are they any good for E-mail? What about free certificates, as with PGP?
| Publisher | Counterpane Internet Security | File Format | HTML |
|---|---|---|---|
| Date Published | January 2000 | Downloads | 6 |
| Format | White Papers | ||
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