The personal PKI
Institution of Engineering and Technology eBooks · 2004
After defining the requirements for PKI in a PAN, we have looked at concrete issues such as imprinting devices, management of certification authorities and revocation mechanisms. The discussions in this chapter have shown that whilst many mecha nisms and protocols from the fixed network environment may be used or adapted for the PAN environment, new mechanisms, not feasible in conventional fixed network PKI scenarios, may be advantageous in PANs. The latter category of mechanism is probably best represented by the new imprinting protocols where the user has to act as a trusted channel and by the various scenarios proposed for revocation checking based on push-mechanisms.