Planning for PKI: Best Practices Guide for Deploying Public Key Infrastructure by Russ Housley, Tim Polk ISBN 9780471397021, 0471397024 instant download

Planning for PKI: Best Practices Guide for Deploying Public Key Infrastructure by Russ Housley, Tim Polk ISBN 9780471397021, 0471397024 instant download

Using high-profile case studies of pioneering implementations, the authors Clearly illustrate the benefits of PKI in securing e-business communications and transactions, discuss pitfalls to avoid, and give you the background information you'll need to justify a PKI implementation. With this book as your guide, you'll be able to: 

1. Choose the right components for your specific network security needs;

2. Design a PKI topology that best fits your organizational and network environment;

3. Understand the contents and processing of X.509 certificates and certificate revocation lists (CRLs);

4. Understand the protocols used to create and distribute certificates and CRLs;

5. Develop certificate policies (CPs) and certification practice statements (CPSs)

6. Understand common PKI-enabled applications, including S/MIME, TLS, and IPsec;

7. Explore the benefits of emerging PKI-related technologies.