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Public Key Infrastructure (PKI)

March 19, 2023April 8, 2021 by Digi Hunch

A public-key infrastructure (PKI) is a set of roles, policies, hardware, software and procedures needed to create, manage, distribute, use, store and revoke digital certificates and manage public-key encryption. The algorithms are based on Publick-key cryptography. The format of the digital certificate is defined in X.509 standard. Certificate Authority – CA digitally signs and publishes … Read morePublic Key Infrastructure (PKI)

Cryptography Basics 1 of 2

March 20, 2022July 10, 2019 by Digi Hunch

I have been dabbling with OpenSSL commands to achieve what I needed during IT implementation, but I decided to spent some time to overcome the conceptual hurdles around cryptography. In this domain, following other people’s instructions through the project does not produce much learning value when too many concepts cloud around. Let’s take the bull … Read moreCryptography Basics 1 of 2