Summary
PKI-enabled security services build on the core PKI services to add more useful, business-oriented functionality to an environment. Secure communication, secure time stamping, notarization, non-repudiation support, privilege management, and others provide important benefits to an organization and greatly enhance the overall value of the public-key infrastructure.
Together, the components, core services, and PKI-enabled services described in this and the previous two chapters define a comprehensive PKI. Many currently deployed PKIs and so-called "single-use" PKIs may be seen to be subsets of this comprehensive architecture.
Two needs must be addressed to fully realize the PKI-enabled services discussed in this chapter. First, there must ...
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