Title :
The X.509 trust model needs a technical and legal expert
Author :
Wazan, A.S. ; Laborde, R. ; Barrère, F. ; Benzekri, A.
Author_Institution :
IRIT Institue, Paul Sabatier Univ., Toulouse, France
Abstract :
The X.509 trust model is based on three entities: the certification authority (CA), the certificate holder and the relying party (RP). The CA plays the role of a trusted third party between the certificate holder and the RP. It guarantees to the RP the correctness of the certificate information. This trust model is based on hypothesis that RPs have a predefined trust relation with a CA and that the trust level in CA can be determined by reading and analyzing a set of technical and legal documents. The X.509 trust model is so complex to RPs because an RP must realize this task for each and every CA chosen by the certificate holders. We introduce a new role of technical and legal expert into the X.509 trust model to help the RP make this task.
Keywords :
certification; expert systems; public key cryptography; trusted computing; X.509 trust model; certificate holder; certificate information; certification authority; legal expert; predefined trust relation; public key infrastructure; relying party; technical expert; trusted third party; Certification; Law; Organizations; Standards organizations; PKI; X.509 certificate; X.509 trust model; certification authority;
Conference_Titel :
Communications (ICC), 2012 IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Ottawa, ON
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-2052-9
Electronic_ISBN :
1550-3607
DOI :
10.1109/ICC.2012.6364860
