Chapter 11, Problem 36Q

Explanation of Solution

Public key infrastructure (PKI):

• Public key infrastructure (PKI) is a software for the encryption technique.
• It provides the digital certificate for the rightful user and the network server in an organization.
  • Digital certificate is an electronic document that provides the identification of the user when doing the transaction in the World Wide Web (WWW).
• The basic elements of PKI are encryption techniques, digital certificates, certificate authorities, public key generation, storage, and management.

Importance of PKI:

Importance of Public key infrastructure (PKI) are as follows:

Banking:

• User contains the separate login ID for online transaction.
• The digital certificate is provided to the login ID...