Confidence valuation in a public-key infrastructure based on uncertain evidence

Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)

Volumn 1751, Issue , 2000, Pages 93-112

  Kohlas, Reto ^a   Maurer, Ueli ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Evidence theory; Pretty Good Privacy (PGP); Public key certification; Public key infrastructure (PKI); Reasoning with uncertainty; Web of trust

Indexed keywords

AUTHENTICATION; CHROMIUM COMPOUNDS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EVIDENCE THEORIES; PRETTY GOOD PRIVACY; PUBLIC KEYS; PUBLIC-KEY INFRASTRUCTURE; REASONING WITH UNCERTAINTY; WEB OF TRUST;

PUBLIC KEY CRYPTOGRAPHY;

EID: 84957803553     PISSN: 03029743     EISSN: 16113349     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-46588-1_8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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