External Uses
Promised - foundation for e-commerce security
- Complete transaction protection
- SET, HBCI, Multos, JavaCard, SSL etc. etc.
- Massive trust businesses appearing
- Everyone has a “digital passport”
- Secure e-mail
In Reality
- SSL used for everything but some proprietary applications
- Business models wrong
- SET and HBCI restricted, card interoperability stalled in market etc.
- Only servers have their “digital passports”
- “Real” Commercial CAs and services just starting to appear
- No pervasive secure e-mail
Future
- Consistent certificate profiles and vendor implementation
- TTPs and consortia driving interoperability and contract/risk mgmt.
- Split into Closed and Open Loop PKI
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