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Internet Security: Public Key Infrastructure

General Information

Course Duration
 4hours

Audience
 A wide range of information technology (IT) professionals and business managers, including IT managers, webmasters, system integrators, Internet/intranet/extranet consultants, departmental managers and strategic IT planners

Prerequisites
 The course Internet Security: Cryptography

Topics Covered

Using public key certificates
  • Certificates
  • Key pair management
  • Issuing certificates
  • Exercise: Reviewing certificate lifecycle
  • Nonrepudiation
X.509 certificates
  • X.509 format
  • X.500 naming
  • Version 3 format
  • Exercise: Identifying the fields
  • Revocation and validity
Certificate management systems
  • Certificate authority structures
  • Certificate practices and policies
  • Certificate paths

Course Aim

To provide an understanding of the technologies behind and the operation of a Public Key Infrastructure (PKI)


Learning Objectives

After taking this course, the student should be able to
  • explain the use of certificates.

  • describe the certificate lifecycle.

  • describe how certificates can be used for non-repudiation

  • describe the X.509 certificate format.

  • describe the role of a Certification Authority

  • describe the operation of a pub


Course Incorporates: Test, hands-on exercises



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