Public key infrastructure utilization to provide an added level of authenticity to transmitted data
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Blackmon, Jason B.
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Buddenberg, Rex
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2009-06
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Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School
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Information Systems have a need for a level of security to protect the data when being transmitted from one user to another. This thesis points out a method of protecting data utilizing an end-to-end level of security. The idea is grounded in looking at the advantages provided with the Public Key Infrastructure applied to add a level of authenticity to the data on the receiving end of a transmission. The focus of this thesis is protecting data transmitted across the Internet via e-mail using end-to-end security. This thesis proves that applying PKI as data protection to the Information System Application Layer can be used to provide secure end-to-end connections and e-mail is the tool chosen for this thesis to accomplish this goal. The scope of this thesis is to identify authentic and/or confidential communication of data across an Internetwork. The variables to discuss are the ability to digitally sign and secure the data with the digital signature, establishing a connection to an unregulated network, and confirmation of delivery of the data by an alternate user computer. This thesis will focus on using a public key signature point out how this provides authenticity, with a bonus inclusion of the integrity.
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Thesis
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Information Technology Management
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Naval Postgraduate School (U.S.)
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xiv, 49 p. : col. ill. ;
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