Abstract
Certificate authorities serve as trusted parties to help secure web communications. They are a vital component for ensuring the security of cloud infrastructures and big data repositories. Unfortunately, recent attacks using mis-issued certificates show that this model is severely broken.
Much research has been done to enhance certificate management in order to create more secure and reliable cloud architectures. However, none of it has been widely adopted yet, and it is hard to judge which one is the winner.
This chapter provides a survey with critical analysis on the existing proposals for managing public key certificates. This evaluation framework would be helpful for future research on designing an alternative certificate management system to secure the Internet.
Much research has been done to enhance certificate management in order to create more secure and reliable cloud architectures. However, none of it has been widely adopted yet, and it is hard to judge which one is the winner.
This chapter provides a survey with critical analysis on the existing proposals for managing public key certificates. This evaluation framework would be helpful for future research on designing an alternative certificate management system to secure the Internet.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Software Architecture for Big Data and the Cloud |
| Editors | Ivan Mistrik, Rami Bahsoon, Nour Ali, Maritta Heisel, Bruce Maxim |
| Place of Publication | Cambridge MA USA |
| Publisher | Morgan Kaufmann Publishers |
| Chapter | 7 |
| Pages | 105-126 |
| Number of pages | 22 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9780128054673 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2017 |
| Externally published | Yes |