A pattern language for key management
Sami Lehtonen, Juha Pärssinen · 2001
Many services in a distributed public network − like the Internet − require secure communications. Security in communications consists of integrity, authenticity, confidentiality and non−repudiability. These aims can be achieved with cryptography. Key management plays a fundamental role in secure communications, as it is the basis of all cryptographic functions. This paper describes a pattern language for key management. Eleven patterns are described: Alice &