Components, Trust Model And The Uses Of Public Key Infrastructure

Question

A Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) is a collection of components and protocols to support the management of certificates that bind a user name to a public key.

a.    Describe the basic components of a PKI, and the benefits over a symmetric Key Distribution Centre (KDC) system such as Kerberos.
b.    Describe the components of an X.509 certificate
c.    Discuss the trust model associated with a PKI, including revocation
d.    Discuss the use of PKI to support secure email

Summary

The question belongs to Computer Science and it discusses about the basic components, trust model and the use of PKI or Public Key Infrastructure.

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