Understanding the Public-Key Infrastructure: Concepts, Standards, and Deployment Considerations

by Steve Lloyd, Carlisle Adams

This book is a tutorial on, and a guide to the deployment of, Public-Key Infrastructures. It covers a broad range of material related to PKIs, including certification, operational considerations and standardization efforts, as well as deployment issues and considerations. Emphasis is placed on explaining the interrelated fields within the topic area, to assist those who will be responsible for making deployment decisions and architecting a PKI within an organization.

450 pages, Hardcover

First published November 12, 1999