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	January 14, 2005 PKI: Alice And Bob Have Still Got A Job PKI Continues Its Quiet Evolution To Invisible Relevance by Paul Stamp with Laura Koetzle, Benjamin Gray

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Executive Summary

Technology pundits have long predicted huge growth in PKI, which has never materialized. However, recent rumors of PKI's demise have been greatly exaggerated. Vendors and experts have methodically chipped away at the barriers that have slowed PKI adoption and digital certificate use has grown steadily and evolved. Today, firms facilitate communication and business processes across industries with PKI. Millions of consumers verify merchants' identities with digital certificates whenever they buy online. End users also rely on PKI every day to ensure that hackers haven't tampered with important components of their PCs. So what's behind this hard-won success? Invisibility: Users don't know and don't have to care that they're using PKI.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

• The Fall And Rise Of PKI
• Vendors And Users Define The PKI Value Proposition
• PKI Is A Silent Part Of Daily Life
• PKI's Quiet, Bright Future

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