Rethinking public key infrastructures and digital certificates : building in privacy / Stefan A. Brands.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Brands, Stefan A.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Computer networks--Security measures.

Computer networks.

Computer network protocols.

Data encryption (Computer science).

Computer security.

Physical Description:

xxi, 314 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, [2000]

Summary:

In this book Stefan Brands proposes cryptographic building blocks for the design of digital certificates that preserve privacy without sacrificing security. Such certificates function in much the same way as cinema tickets or subway tokens: anyone can establish their validity and the data they specify, but no more than that. Furthermore, different actions by the same person cannot be linked. Certificate holders have control over what information is disclosed, and to whom. Subsets of the proposed cryptographic building blocks can be used in combination, allowing a cookbook approach to the design of public key infrastructures. Potential applications include electronic cash, electronic postage, digital rights management, pseudonyms for online chat rooms, health care information storage, electronic voting, and even electronic gambling.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [273]-306) and index.

ISBN:

0262024918

OCLC:

43945416