Survey of certificate usage in distributed access control

• Published in: Computers & security Vol. 44; pp. 16 - 32
• Main Authors: Kortesniemi, Yki, Särelä, Mikko
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Amsterdam Elsevier Ltd 01.07.2014; Elsevier; Elsevier Sequoia S.A
• Subjects: Access control; Applied sciences; Authorisation; Certificate; Computer information security; Computer networks; Computer science; control theory; systems; Computer systems and distributed systems. User interface; Digital certificates; Distributed processing; Distributed systems; Exact sciences and technology; Landscapes; Mathematical models; Memory and file management (including protection and security); Memory organisation. Data processing; Public Key Infrastructure; Software; SPKI; Studies; Access control; Distributed systems; SPKI; Authorisation; Certificate; Content access; Review; Distributed system; Public key; Distributed algorithm; Security of data; Licence procedure; Digital certificate; Computer security

Access control is an important building block in many distributed applications, and several solutions, both centralised and distributed, have been proposed and used for such applications. Certificates are particularly well suited to distributed systems and have been used in several ways. In this pap...