Guan Zhi (William) wrote:
PROJECT PROPOSAL - CPK Cryptosystem
I would like to propose a "CPK cryptosystem" project to implement
CPK (Combined Public Key) algorithm on OpenSolaris. CPK is an
identity-based cryptographic algorithm, which means users can send
an encrypted email to anyone only needs to know his email address.
The trouble of getting recipients' public keys such as PGP will be
eliminated.
This project also includes a USB token, as a repository of user's
private keys and system parameters. All the keys can be securely
stored in the token, include keys used by CPK, PGP, GnuPG, SSH.
This sounds like extensions to the existing KMF project.
At the first step, we will implement a standalone command line tool
with a similar interface to gpg, and an opensolaris driver for USB
token. Later the project will be integrated to opensolaris
cryptographic framework.
Why later ? Why not up front ?
Please discuss in MUCH more detail what you are trying to do with the
KMF and Crypto projects first. The best way to do this is probably not
to use those project team aliases but instead start a discussion in the
security community: security-discuss at opensolaris.
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Darren J Moffat
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