A hardware-secured credential repository for grid PKIs

Markus Lorch, Jim Basney, Dennis Kafura

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Abstract

Public Key Infrastructures suffer from usability and security problems associated with the request for and secure management of end user credentials. Online credential repositories provide mechanisms to ease these shortcomings but pose attractive targets for attacks due to the accumulation of credentials and the need for remote access to these credentials. Through the extension of an existing credential repository with a cryptographic co-processor for secure storage of credentials an increase in the security of the service can be achieved. This higher security permits the use of online credential repositories with a wide variety of certificates without violating certification authority regulations. Also, the improved performance afforded by hardware support improves the scalability of a centralized credential storage.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publication2004 IEEE International Symposium on Cluster Computing and the Grid, CCGrid 2004
Pages640-647
Number of pages8
StatePublished - Sep 29 2004
Externally publishedYes
Event2004 IEEE International Symposium on Cluster Computing and the Grid, CCGrid 2004 - Chicago, IL, United States
Duration: Apr 19 2004Apr 22 2004

Publication series

Name2004 IEEE International Symposium on Cluster Computing and the Grid, CCGrid 2004

Other

Other2004 IEEE International Symposium on Cluster Computing and the Grid, CCGrid 2004
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityChicago, IL
Period4/19/044/22/04

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Engineering(all)

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