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Concluding Remarks
Concluding Remarks
CDSA is a powerful, flexible modular infrastructre for safeguarding information. However, as
with all things powerful, CDSA requires extensive knowledge to take full advantage of its
capabilities. Currently, application developers may need expertise in both cryptography and
the details of Internet security protocols (SSL, S/MIME, etc). CDSA, in conjunction with
higher-level protocols, provides a solid, interoperable framework on which to develop secure
applications.
Further References
Intel Corporation, “Common Data Security Architecture Specification, Version 1.2,” March
1997, http://www.intel.com/ial/security/specs_1_2.htm.
Intel Corporation, “Common Security Services Manager, Version 1.2,” March 1997,
http://www.intel.com/ial/security/specs_1_2.htm.
RSA DAta Security Inc., PKCS #7, Cryptographic Message Syntax Standard, November 1,
1993, ftp://www.rsa.com/pub/pkcs/ascii/pkcs-7.asc
Menezes, A.J.; van Oorschot, P.C; Vanstone, S.A. Handbook of Applied Cryptography, CRC
Press LLC, 1997. ISBN 0-8493-8523-7.
Schneier, Bruce. Applied Cryptography: Protocols, Algorithms, and Source Code in C, second
edition, New York: John Wiley and Sons, Inc., 1996. 0-471-12845-7.