PKIX-based certification infrastructure implementation adapted to non-personal end entities

摘要

Public Key Infrastructures (PKIs) are considered the most suitable system to provide basic security services through digital certificates use. Nevertheless, traditional way of operation, based on web interface and asynchronous interactions, as well as the cost and difficulty of registration processes, have caused their replacement by other systems in many of the scenarios for which PKIs were conceived. These more efficient solutions present generally laxer security mechanisms and require too much user knowledge. The system we propose tries to provide a bridge between both approaches by defining an automated PKI focused on specific application scopes by using on-line interaction procedures.