Public Key Infrastructure (PKI):

The Right Combination for Electronic Commerce

Feb 8 and Feb 25, 1999 - Washington D.C. and Palo Alto, CA
Internet Security Summit Sponsored by American Lawyer Media, Netscape Inc. and Stanford Law School

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Table of Contents

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PKI Application #1

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PKI Application #2

PKI Application #3

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Conventional Crypto 

"Public Key" Crypto

Using Public Key Crypto

Crypto for Other Security Services

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The Possible Theories Facing the Fact-Finder 

ABA Digital Signature Guidelines http://www.abanet.org/scitech/ec/isc/dsgfree.html 

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Guideline 1.20 Nonrepudiation Strong and substantial evidence of the identity of the signer of a message and of message integrity, sufficient to prevent a party from successfully denying the origin, submission or delivery of the message and the integrity of its contents. Comment 1.20.1: As Determined by the Ultimate Dispute Resolution Authority 

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The Hardest Legal Issues Involve The Allocation of Liability Among Subscriber, CA and Relying Party 

Legislative Initiatives on the Shift from Paper to Electronic Paradigm

Grappling with the Shift from the Paper to Electronic Paradigm

Closed Systems

Closed Systems (cont.)

Legal Evolution for Open Systems

Legal Developments Supporting Open Systems

Open Systems Legal Developments (cont)

What is a Certificate Policy?

Why PKI Accreditation? 

PKI Evaluation Guidelines of the ABA Info Sec Comm

One Size Does Not Fit All 

Author: Charles R. Merrill 

Email: cmerrill@mccarter.com

Home Page: http://www.mccarter.com