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In the previous chapters we have seen how certificates and trust models can be used to authenticate public keys. A further task of public key infrastructures is to support the users in keeping their private keys secret. In this chapter we show how this can be achieved. We introduce a private key life cycle model and discuss software- and hardware-based solutions for storing and protecting private keys.
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Buchmann, J.A., Karatsiolis, E., Wiesmaier, A. (2013). Private Keys. In: Introduction to Public Key Infrastructures. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-40657-7_4
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