A Probabilistic Model for Evaluating the Operational Cost of PKI-based Financial Transactions

The use of PKI in large scale environments suffers some inherent problems concerning the options to adopt for the optimal cost-centered operation of the system. In this paper a Markov based probability model has been applied and a performability indicator has been introduced for assisting the evaluation of the operational cost of the system in a decision support process. Considering the unavailability of the Certification Authority server, three different strategies have been evaluated for determining the optimal one.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2004
• Where: EUROPKI
• Authors: Agapios N. Platis, Costas Lambrinoudakis, Assimakis K. Leros
• Keywords: EUROPKI 2004, Large Scale Environments, Markov Based Probability, Optimal Cost-centered Operation, Security Privacy