A comparative study of PKI trust models

Uahhabi, Zakia El; Bakkali, Hanan El

doi:10.1109/ngns.2014.6990261

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“…The most widely used certificate format is the IETF X.509 standard. Among certificates types we mention: identity certificates and attribute certificates [30]. Identity certificates verify that a public key belongs to an identity [26].…”

Section: Certificatementioning

confidence: 99%

Calculating and Evaluating Trustworthiness of Certification Authority

Uahhabi

Bakkali

2022

Int. j. commun. netw. inf. secur.

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In a public key infrastructure trust model, a trust is transferred along a set of certificates, issued by certificate authorities (CAs) considered as trustfully third parties, providing a trust chain among its entities. In order to deserve this trustworthiness, a CA should to apply the rigorous procedures for generating keys, checking the identities, and following reliable security practices. Any deficiency in these procedures may in?uence its trustworthiness. In this context, some authorities could be weaker than others. Then, relying parties (RPs) and certificate holders (CHs) need a mechanism to evaluate CA trustworthiness. In this paper, we provide them this mechanism to have information about its trustworthiness. In fact, we propose a trust level calculation algorithm that is based on three parameters which are the CA reputation, the quality of procedures described in the certi?cate policy and its security maturity level.

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Section: Certificatementioning

confidence: 99%