Title :
Validating X.509 Certificates Based on their Quality
Author :
Wazan, A.S. ; Laborde, Romain ; Barrere, Francois ; Benzekri, Abdelmalek
Author_Institution :
IRIT Lab., Toulouse
Abstract :
The growing number of PKIs (Public Key Infrastructure) and the increasing number of situations where partners of a transaction may carry certificates signed by different CAs (Certification Authority) point out the problematic of trust between the different CAs. The degree to which a relying party can trust a CA depends upon the quality of its announced policy and its commitment to this policy. In this paper, we present an approach that helps a relying party to assess the quality of a certificate that is related to the quality of CA policy and its commitment to it.
Keywords :
public key cryptography; X.509 certificates; certification authority; public key infrastructure; Accreditation; Availability; Certification; Content addressable storage; Identity management systems; Performance evaluation; Protection; Public key; Robustness; Safety; PKI; X.509 certificate quality; reputation; trust;
Conference_Titel :
Young Computer Scientists, 2008. ICYCS 2008. The 9th International Conference for
Conference_Location :
Hunan
Print_ISBN :
978-0-7695-3398-8
Electronic_ISBN :
978-0-7695-3398-8
DOI :
10.1109/ICYCS.2008.75
