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Public Key Infrastructure: A Survey
Department of Information Technology, Faculty of Computing and Information Technology, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, KSA
Department of Information Technology, Faculty of Computing and Information Technology, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, KSA
Department of Information Technology, Faculty of Computing and Information Technology, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, KSA
Department of Information Technology, Faculty of Computing and Information Technology, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, KSA
Department of Information Systems, Information Security Research Group, Faculty of Computing and Information Technology, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, KSA
- 1 Department of Information Technology, Faculty of Computing and Information Technology, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, KSA
- 2 Department of Information Technology, Faculty of Computing and Information Technology, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, KSA
- 3 Department of Information Technology, Faculty of Computing and Information Technology, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, KSA
- 4 Department of Information Technology, Faculty of Computing and Information Technology, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, KSA
- 5 Department of Information Systems, Information Security Research Group, Faculty of Computing and Information Technology, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, KSA
Journal of Information Security·Volume 06 (2014)·Pages 31–37·Published 17 December 2014·DOI10.4236/jis.2015.61004
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Abstract
As security is essential in communications through electronic networks, development of structures providing high levels of security is needed. Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) is a way of providing security measures by implementing the means of key pairs among users. In this paper, an overview of the public key infrastructure is discussed that includes various components and operation, some well known PKIs and their comparisons. Also we discuss current implementations, risk and challenges of PKIs.
KeywordsImpersonating AttackEphemeral KeyCompromise AttackCertificate Repository
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