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

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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.

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Platis, A., Lambrinoudakis, C., Leros, A. (2004). A Probabilistic Model for Evaluating the Operational Cost of PKI-based Financial Transactions. In: Katsikas, S.K., Gritzalis, S., López, J. (eds) Public Key Infrastructure. EuroPKI 2004. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 3093. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-25980-0_12

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