Essays about: "thesis on certificate authority"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 11 essays containing the words thesis on certificate authority.

  1. 1. 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

  3. 2. Public certificate management : An analysis of policies and practices used by CAs

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för datavetenskap

    Author : Anna Bergström; Emily Berghäll; [2021]
    Keywords : Certificate; Issuance; Revocation; Expiration; Certificate Authority; Certificate Policy; Certificate Practice Statement; Certificate Management; Policy review; Social engineering; CA Browser forum; Baseline Requirements;

    Abstract : Certificate Authorities (CAs) carry a huge responsibility in today's internet security landscape as they issue certificates that establish secure end-to-end connections. This thesis conducts a policy review and survey of CAs' Certificate Policies and Certificate Practice Statements to find similarities and differences that could lead to possible vulnerabilities. READ MORE

  4. 3. Design and Implementation of Key Exchange Mechanisms for Software Artifacts using Ocean Protocol.

    University essay from Blekinge Tekniska Högskola/Institutionen för datavetenskap

    Author : Nishkal Gupta Myadam; Bhavith Patnam; [2020]
    Keywords : Bonseyes AI Marketplace; Ocean Protocol; Public Key Infrastructure; Distributed Public Key Infrastructure; Secret Store functionality;

    Abstract : During the modern times, innovators and researchers developed a key technology known as Artificial Intelligence (AI) Marketplace which leverages the power of AI to efficiently utilize the data generated by millions of devices to create new and better services and software products. H2020 Bonseyes is one such project that provides us a collaborative cloud based model of the AI marketplace for the users who generally don’t have access to large data sets, algorithms etc by allowing them to collaborate which each other and exchange the software artifacts. READ MORE

  5. 4. Distributed Client Driven Certificate Transparency Log

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för datavetenskap

    Author : Robin Ellgren; Tobias Löfgren; [2018]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : High profile cyber attacks such as the one on DigiNotar in 2011, where a Certificate Authority (CA) was compromised, has shed light on the vulnerabilities of the internet. In order to make the internet safer in terms of exposing fraudulent certificates, CertificateTransparency (CT) was introduced. READ MORE

  6. 5. A Distributed Public Key Infrastructure for the Web Backed by a Blockchain

    University essay from KTH/Skolan för datavetenskap och kommunikation (CSC)

    Author : Bastian Fredriksson; [2017]
    Keywords : Public key infrastructure; Blockchain; Merkle tree; Proof of Stake; Certificate authority;

    Abstract : The thesis investigates how a blockchain can be used to build a decentralised public key infrastructure for the web, by proposing a custom federation blockchain relying on honest majority. Our main contribution is the design of a Proof of Stake protocol based on a stake tree, which builds upon an idea called follow-the-satoshi used in previous papers. READ MORE