Certificate Authority Resources

• Protecting a Private Key in a CA Context
• SUMMARY OF SURVEY RESULTS
       -From NSF/CREN Workshop on Directories/Repositories and Certificate Authorities
  Prepared for the National Science Foundation and the Workshop Attendees (January 29-31 2001)
• Digital Certificates on Campus
  With Jeff Schiller (4/13/00)
• Building Directories: The Fundamentals
  With Ken Klingenstein and Keith Hazelton (2/17/00)
• Digital Certificates and Identification of Users on Campuses
  With David Wasley (2/11/99)
• Authenticating Users? What are the Issues?
  With Greg Jackson (11/5/98)
• Certificate Authority Services
  With Jeff Schiller (10/08/98)
• Middleware - Authentication, Authorization, and Directory Issues
  With Ken Klingenstein (6/3/98)
• Privacy, Security and Handling Academic Business
  With Mark Bruhn (5/27/98)
• The Future of Network Security
  With Mark Bruhn (3/11/98)
• Network Security
  With Mark Bruhn (11/4/97)

In October 2000, Judith Boettcher, CREN's Executive Director, gave a presentation about CREN and the Certificate Authority Service for Higher Education by CREN, to the Trans-European Research and Educational Networking Association (TERENA). You may view that presentation here.

You can learn more about the experiences of the our pilot institutions at our Pilot Resources page.

You can learn more about Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) from these external sites:

• EduCause PKI Resources
• The current status of PKI
• Public Key Cryptography Standards (PKCS)

• Digital Certificates: Applied Internet Security
  By Jalal Feghhi, Peter Williams, Jalil Feghhi
• Understanding Public-Key Infrastructure: Concepts, Standards, and Deployment Considerations
  By Carlisle Adams and Steve Lloyd
• Secure Electronic Commerce: Building the Infrastructure for Digital Signatures and Encryption
  By Warwick Ford and Michael S. Baum
• Understanding Digital Signatures: Establishing Trust Over the Internet and Other Networks
  By Gail L. Grant
• Web Security and Commerce
  By Simson Garfinkel with Gene Spafford