Essays about: "certificate authorities"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 23 essays containing the words certificate authorities.

  1. 1. Public certificate management revisited : A summary of policy changes over a two-year period (2021-2023)

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för datavetenskap

    Author : Simon Bergström; Lowe Kozak; [2023]
    Keywords : Certificate Authority; Baseline Requirements; CA; BR;

    Abstract : The purpose of this study was to investigate how the Digital Certificate managementactors of the Public Key Infrastructure of the Internet have changed over the past two years(2021-2023). A set of one million registered top domains were queried with the intention ofmapping out their certificates. READ MORE

  3. 2. BGPcredit : A Blockchain-based System for Securing BGP

    University essay from KTH/Skolan för elektroteknik och datavetenskap (EECS)

    Author : Yu Yang Liu; [2022]
    Keywords : blockchain; RPKI; consensus algorithm; border gateway protocol; security; blockchain; RPKI; konsensusalgoritm; border gateway-protokoll; säkerhet;

    Abstract : Due to the absence of appropriate security mechanisms, even the latest version of Board Gateway Protocol (BGP) is still highly vulnerable to malicious routing hijacking. The original problem is that BGP allows router to accept any BGP update message without any extra validation process. READ MORE

  4. 3. LF-PKI: Practical, Secure, and High-Performance Design and Implementation of a Lite Flexible PKI

    University essay from KTH/Skolan för elektroteknik och datavetenskap (EECS)

    Author : Yongzhe Xu; [2022]
    Keywords : Web Public Key Infrastructure PKI ; Certificate Transparency CT ; trust heterogeneity; Sparse Merkle Tree SMT ; Web Public Key Infrastructure PKI ; Certificate Transparency CT ; trust heterogenity; Sparse Merkle Träd SMT ;

    Abstract : Today’s Web Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) builds on a homogeneous trust model. All Certificate Authorities (CAs) are equally trusted once they are marked as trusted CAs on the client side. As a result, the security of the Web PKI depends on the weakest CA. READ MORE

  5. 4. Analysis of Longitudinal Changes of Certificate Chains

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för datavetenskap

    Author : Marcus Ringström; Anton Olivestam; [2022]
    Keywords : Chain of trust; certificate validation; certificate chain; certificate; validation method;

    Abstract : Certificate validation is today a vital part of keeping communication secure over the internet. It allows secure daily communication for roughly 5 billion people using the internet. READ MORE

  6. 5. The Everyday Internet, a Minefield in Disguise : Characterization of different types of domains including malicious and popularity

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för datavetenskap

    Author : Linn Petersson; Rebecka Lindkvist; [2022]
    Keywords : characterisation; malicious; domains; vulnerabilities; cipher suites; TLS; protocols; security; certificates;

    Abstract : Today, security has become a growing concern for all internet users, where technology is developing faster than its security is implemented, which leads to insecure domains. In this thesis, we look at the reality of today’s domains and research if some categories of domains are safer than others and the reason behind it. READ MORE