Abstract
This is the report of the Invitational Workshop on Public key Infrastructure, which was jointly sponsored by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), the Security Infrastructure Program Management Office (SI-PMO) and the MITRE Corporation. A public key infrastructure provides a means for issuing and managing public key certificates, which may be used to provide security services, such as authentication, integrity, confidentiality and non-repudiation, between strangers who have no previous knowledge of each other. Papers were presented on the current state of technology and standards for a Public Key Infrastructure, management and technical issues, escrowing keys used for confidentiality exchanges, and cost models.
