Codesigning in PKI

After some time working with PKI, one runs into the fun world of codesigning as a feature. Security, PKI, codesigning and lots of other words would fit as keywords :) This article is just a ”brain dump” of what has come up (in my head) this far. I won´t bet on that I will not change my opinion but… Hey this is a personal blog :) Summary of the handeling (internally in a org) of Code … Continue reading

Publik Key Infrastructure

Some stuff about PKI PKI or Public Key Infrastructure is a strange thing. Or rather it is a somewhat hard to grasp issue. Most of this will be about PKI in a Microsoft environment but the basics are applicable on PKI as a concept. CA or Certificate Authority is the supplier of certificates, the structure is somewhat like DNS with the TLD at the top and subordinates in a chain, though with PKI it is … Continue reading

PKI Jargong (Svenska)

ADCS: Active Directory Certificate Service Asymmetrisk kryptering: (kryptering och dekryptering med två olika nycklar) Den ena nyckeln används för kryptering, den andra för dekryptering. Nyckeln som används för kryptering är allmänt tillgänglig (öppen nyckel), men nyckeln som används för dekryptering hålls hemlig (privat nyckel). Asymmetrisk kryptering är förutsättningen för nästan all krypterad kommunikation på internet, till exempel banktjänster och andra betalningar. Fördelen, jämfört med den äldre typen av kryptering, symmetrisk kryptering, är att parterna inte … Continue reading

Pondering abit on Public Key Infrastructure

Why, Oh Why! Since I am currently working with PKI from microsoft I have had to read up abit on that. There is alot of different junk out there on the Internet, but a basic google search will get you started, and there are a bunch of different books too. Brian Komar have written a exceptionally good book on that subject it is namned: Windows Server 2008 PKI and Certificate Security you can get it from … Continue reading