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Role Sharing in Password-Enabled PKI

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Overview Password-enabled PKI schemes simplify the management of end users' private keys by storing them in password-protected form on a centralized on-line server. Under such schemes an end user needs only remember his password and can access his private key from anywhere the centralized server is available. Existing password-enabled PKI schemes are based on the single-user model where a private key is owned by one user. This paper presents mechanisms to support role sharing in password-enabled PKI. In these schemes, using passwords only, a group of users share the privileges of a role through sharing the private key of that role. A hybrid password-enabled PKI scheme is developed, which supports both easy password change and misuse monitoring.

Further White Paper Details
Publisher	James Madison University	File Format	PDF
Date Published	December 2007
Format	White Papers
Topics	PKI, Security Tools

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