Implementing EFECT
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49211639-MIT.pdf
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Author(s)
Nestlerode, Ivan (Ivan Daniel), 1979-
Advisor(s)
Hari Balakrishnan and Dan Heer.
Date Issued
2001
Publisher
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Abstract
This thesis describes the design, implementation, and benchmarking of a software prototype of EFECT [EFECT], a new certificate scheme that handles revocation more gracefully than do current schemes. This prototype includes a client browser, a certificate verification tree library, and a directory server. The thesis includes analysis, both mathematical and empirical, to determine the optimal values of EFECT's parameters in terms of both speed and space. Finally, the thesis includes a benchmark comparison of the optimized EFECT and a comparable X.509 [X509] system. This comparison serves as proof that EFECT does indeed outperform the X.509 scheme in some common scenarios.
Description
Thesis (M.Eng.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 2001.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 49-50).
This electronic version was submitted by the student author. The certified thesis is available in the Institute Archives and Special Collections.
Subjects
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.
MIT Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
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