Understanding Digital Signature

Establishing Trust Over the Internet and Other Networks

By: Gail Grant

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Paperback | 12 December 1997

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Understanding Digital Signatures: Establishing Trust over the Internet and Other Networks details the business, legal, social, and technological issues surrounding Digital Signatures and public key infrastructure. This book explains this complex technology in terms that a businessperson can understand, covering the unique problems of on-line authentication, how digital signatures help to solve these problems, ways companies are using the technology in real life and issues with its usage. The book includes a list of product and service vendors, future potential and suggestions for companies considering implementation of digital signatures for their customers or employees.

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Preface	p. xi
Acknowledgments	p. xiii
Copyrights and Trademarks	p. xv
Background and Definition	p. 1
Background	p. 3
E-mail and Customer Service	p. 6
The World Wide Web	p. 6
More than Billboards	p. 8
Online Sales	p. 8
Worldwide Opportunity	p. 9
Enter the Intranet	p. 10
Security and the Internet	p. 13
The Physical World vs. the Networked World	p. 15
Authentication	p. 17
Authorization Authentication	p. 19
Privacy and Confidentiality	p. 20
Data Integrity	p. 22
Trust	p. 23
Securing the Internet	p. 27
Public Key Infrastructure	p. 41
Network of Trust	p. 43
Identity Verification	p. 43
Technology	p. 45
Applying for a Certificate	p. 46
Certificate Management	p. 51
Policies, Procedures, and Practices	p. 52
Operations	p. 53
Case Studies	p. 55
Uses of Public Key Systems	p. 57
Justification	p. 58
Public Key Buckets	p. 60
Identification	p. 61
Securing Communication	p. 62
Application Integration	p. 63
Identification and Authentication	p. 65
GE Research Center	p. 66
GTE	p. 69
Hewlett-Packard	p. 70
Liberty Financial Companies, Inc.	p. 72
State of Massachusetts	p. 77
QSpace	p. 80
USWeb	p. 83
Securing Communication	p. 85
Ultramar Diamond Shamrock	p. 87
Mellon Bank	p. 89
PrimeHost	p. 90
Wells Fargo	p. 92
Application Integration	p. 95
CyberCash	p. 96
E-Stamp	p. 98
NetDox	p. 101
Open Market, Inc.	p. 104
United States Postal Service	p. 106
Secure Electronic Transaction Protocol	p. 109
Business Situation	p. 110
How SET Works	p. 112
Issues	p. 117
Technical Issues	p. 119
Hardware vs. Software	p. 120
Interoperability	p. 122
In-House vs. Outsourcing	p. 122
Algorithms	p. 123
Public Key Cryptography in Applications	p. 125
Standards	p. 126
Key Size and Key Splitting	p. 126
Key Recovery/Escrow	p. 127
Security Policies and Procedures	p. 128
Registration Authority Functionality	p. 129
Directory Services	p. 129
Revocation Lists	p. 130
Legal Issues	p. 131
Digital Signature Legislation	p. 133
Certificate Holder Responsibility	p. 134
CA Responsibilities and Liabilities	p. 135
CA Requirements	p. 135
Technology Implications and Requirements	p. 136
International Issues	p. 136
Certification Practice Statements	p. 138
Relying Parties	p. 139
Agreements	p. 139
Business Issues	p. 141
Business Models and Risks	p. 142
Hardware vs. Software	p. 146
Interoperability and Cross Certification	p. 146
In-House vs. Outsourcing	p. 146
Public Key Cryptography in Applications	p. 148
Key Recovery/Escrow	p. 149
Security Policies and Procedures	p. 149
Certificate Holder Responsibility	p. 150
Developing Requirements	p. 151
Product or Service?	p. 152
Understanding Requirements	p. 152
Futures	p. 156
Budget	p. 157
Pricing	p. 157
Requirements Document Contents	p. 158
Evaluation	p. 158
Vendor Review	p. 159
CA Products and Services	p. 161
Atalla Corporation	p. 162
BBN Corporation	p. 164
CertCo	p. 167
Cylink Corporation	p. 168
Entrust Technologies Inc.	p. 171
GTE CyberTrust Solutions Incorporated	p. 172
International Business Machines Corporation (IBM)	p. 174
Netscape Communications	p. 176
VeriSign	p. 177
Xcert Software Inc.	p. 179
Application and Toolkit Vendors	p. 183
E-Stamp Corporation	p. 184
Products/Services Offered	p. 185
Harbinger	p. 186
Premenos Technology Corporation	p. 187
RSA Data Security, Inc., a Security Dynamics Company	p. 189
S/MIME Products	p. 191
SET Vendors	p. 194
Web Browser and Server Vendors	p. 196
What the Future Holds	p. 197
Future Applications	p. 199
Remote Authentication	p. 200
Internet VAN	p. 200
Remote Trusted Devices	p. 201
Distributed Applications	p. 202
Signed Instruments	p. 202
The Impact of Certificates and Digital Signatures on Business	p. 203
Closing Notes	p. 204
Hobbes' Internet Timeline	p. 205
Trading Partner Agreement	p. 223
Digital Signature Trading Partner Agreement	p. 223
Digital Signature Legislation	p. 231
Introduction	p. 231
The Law of Signatures	p. 231
Digital Signature Technology	p. 235
Verifying Owners of Public Key Pairs	p. 239
Legal Considerations	p. 241
Overview of Liability	p. 244
Liability for the Loss or Compromise of the Private Key by Subscribers	p. 245
Liability of Certification Authorities	p. 246
Regulatory Oversight of Certification Authorities	p. 249
Technological Standards	p. 250
Digital Signature Legislation	p. 251
Conclusion	p. 257
Digital Signature Legislation Status	p. 259
State Legislation and Regulations	p. 259
Federal Legislation and Regulations	p. 283
International	p. 284
Pointers to Pertinent Web Sites	p. 287
US Government	p. 291
Index	p. 295
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