Token-Mediated Certification and Electronic Commerce new

Authors: 

Daniel E. Geer and Donald T. Davis, Open Market, Inc.

Abstract: 

Public key technology presumes the availability of certificates and certifying authorities (CAs) living within a shallow hierarchy rooted at a few (n<<100) public CAs. We propose an alternative that lessens the day-to-day dependence on centralized CAs while deepening the certificate tree. We do this by suggesting that smartcards provide CA functions, thus re-framing some payment problems as simpler authorization problems.

BibTeX
@inproceedings {260553,
author = {Daniel E. Geer and Donald T. Davis},
title = {{Token-Mediated} Certification and Electronic Commerce new},
booktitle = {2nd USENIX Workshop on Electronic Commerce (EC 96)},
year = {1996},
address = {Oakland, CA},
url = {https://www.usenix.org/conference/2nd-usenix-workshop-electronic-commerce/token-mediated-certification-and-electronic},
publisher = {USENIX Association},
month = nov
}
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