Digital Signatures

Mohan Atreya, Benjamin Hammond, Stephen Paine, Paul Starrett, Stephen Wu

368 pages, parution le 26/02/2002

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Résumé

Learn to implement digital signature applications successfully and conduct secure electronic transactions with help from this expert resource. Written by both technical and legal specialists—and endorsed from the most trusted leader in e-security—this book provides you with an unmatched level of combined insight that is both invaluable and practical. You'll find details on all key topics including public key cryptography, data integrity, public key infrastructures, message authentication standards, business drivers and business models, current worldwide legislation, and PKI documentation (certificate policies, certification practice statements, and agreements).You'll also learn how to avoid problems when implementing digital signatures.

Recognize the four goals of security—confidentiality, authentication, integrity, and non-repudiation
Get an overview of cryptography and learn the differences between keys and passwords
Discover how digital signatures work and why they are used
Learn about X.509 public-key certificates and directory structures
Explore the technical issues—interoperability, accurate timestamps, credential roll-overs, and others
Understand the business drivers for digital signature use and impediments to adoption
Read about different business models for using digital signatures, such as B2B, B2C, and C2C/P2P
Find out about current standards and implementations
Gain insight into the legal issues that businesses today face regarding digital signatures
Survey different kinds of documentation supporting a PKI and digital signatures, including certificate policies, certification practice statements, and various kinds of agreements

Keep valuable information secure and authenticate your users with digital signatures and certificates—using the most authoritative guide available

Contents

Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Cryptography Overview
Chapter 3: Public Key Infrastructure
Chapter 4: Data Integrity
Chapter 5: Digital Signatures Beyond Security
Chapter 6: Technical Issues
Chapter 7: Business Issues
Chapter 8: Current Standards and Implementations
Chapter 9: U.S. and Worldwide Digital Signature Legislation
Chapter 10: Legal Issues
Chapter 11: PKI Documentation and Additional Legal Issues

Appendix A: E-Sign Act
Appendix B: International Law Developments

Index

L'auteur - Stephen Paine

Stephen Paine has worked in the security field throughout most of his career-formerly for the United States Marine Corps and SUN Microsystems. He is currently a systems engineer for RSA Security, where he explains security concepts to corporations and developers worldwide and provides training to customers and RSA employees.

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	PAPIER
Éditeur(s)	Mc Graw Hill
Auteur(s)	Mohan Atreya, Benjamin Hammond, Stephen Paine, Paul Starrett, Stephen Wu
Parution	26/02/2002
Nb. de pages	368
Format	18,5 x 23
Couverture	Broché
Poids	801g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9780072194821