Chapter 6. Deploying PKI-Based Identity with Blockchain
Organizations have several applications to manage, and these are hosted by different systems and servers. Organizations have deployed several ways to authenticate users based on methods such as multi-factor authentication system, one for each system/application, single sign-on (SSO), and the directory server; however, authenticating users on the internet is comparatively a difficult mechanism. It is also extremely important to achieve trust over the internet before exchanging information because Internet has been kept open for trusted and untrusted parties. In order to established the trust over the public network, there is a need of an independent trusted party. A public key infrastructure (PKI) is an open framework built to resolve trust factors between the internet-connected users.
In this chapter, we will learn about the following topics:
- Public key infrastructure
- Challenges of the existing PKI model
- How blockchain technology can help...
