PrivaSphere - project:

Public Key Server

Institution: ZHW

Supervisor: Marc Rennhard, Ralf Hauser

Team: t.b.d.

Background:

Years ago, a PGP key-server has been built at MIT. For the S/MIME i.e. x.509 world the landscape is rather fragmented. Some CA's have a public key directory for their own clients, but no overarching solution is available and the offered ones are sometimes of limited implementation quality.
REFERENCE: 10 reasons why PKI fail http://www.schneier.com/paper-pki-ft.txt http://www.schneier.com/crypto-gram-0112.html

see also https://www.certbox.org/de/search/

Goal/Challenges:


General Requirements

PrivaSphere Role