16th Annual Computer Security Applications Conference (ACSAC'00)
Introducing decryption authority into PKI
New Orleans, Louisiana
December 11-December 15
ISBN: 0-7695-0859-6
It is well-known that CA plays the central role in PKI. We introduce a new component into PKI, DA (decryption authority), which decrypts important and sensitive messages for clients under certain conditions. A PKI with DA provides solutions to many security problems in e-commerce and online transactions. If we consider that public key cryptography provides both digital signature and asymmetric encryption technologies, DA completes PKI by adding the missing half function. More importantly, DA can greatly increase PKI implementation service revenue. We describe the application background and technical principle of DA, give a general explanation on how DA serves clients, and review some relevant research work. We believe that the PKI with DA has great potential to lead to a killing product for e-commerce security.
Index Terms:
public key cryptography; electronic commerce; message authentication; Internet; telecommunication security; decryption authority; PKI; DA; sensitive messages; electronic commerce; online transactions; public key cryptography; digital signature; asymmetric encryption; Internet security
Citation:
Feng Bao, "Introducing decryption authority into PKI," acsac, pp.288, 16th Annual Computer Security Applications Conference (ACSAC'00), 2000