The use of PKI in a Smart House solution

2003

Masteroppgave i informasjons- og kommunikasjonsteknologi 2003 - Høgskolen i Agder, Grimstad The intention of this thesis project is to evaluate the security and capabilities offered by a PKI enabled network between a Smart House and different vendors, such as electric Utility Company, Security Company, Fire brigade and the owner of a Smart House. Then I will show how a third party signed certificates can be used for such networks. It includes the use of public key cryptography, digital signatures, certificates, and certificate authorities (Trusted Third Party). How to apply PKI security services in different ways with different requirements is the main issue of this work. One of the end ent…