The project intends to use the public key and secure sockets layer technologies to help provide confidentiality, authentication, and access control. The potential is for use by all levels of government >from the Federal government down to state and local disaster relief organizations, including local police, fire and rescue organizations. Thus there is potential to eventually have as many as 3 million users and a need for a modicum of security on a shoestring budget.
This talk will describe the trust management challenges presented by the ERLink requirements.
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