Key Storage on Machines + Information on SSL

Hafeez Bana (hafhat@cs.rmit.edu.au)
Sat, 22 Aug 1998 10:17:50 +1000 (EST)

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Hello,

1) I have just been going through an old issue of BYTE magazine and it
describes the CyberCash Cybercoin protocol.It describes that this method
uses Secret Keys that are issued to a user when he signs up - which are
used in hash value computations in subsequent transactions.My Question
is

        - If the keys are stored on the user machines.How do they (cyber
        cash) make sure that a malicious program that the user has
        installed will not gain access to the keys

2) Are there any sites that give detailed information on how:

        - SSL is implemented
        - How a certificate via a CA is implemented

Thanks in advance,
Yours Sincerely,
Hafeez Bana.

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