Open AccessManagement of digital documents with encrypted signature, through the use of centralized PKI, and distributed using blockchain for a secure exchange
Author(s) -
Anastacio Antolino-Hernández,
Heberto Ferreira-Medina,
Cristhian Torres-Millarez,
Juan C. Olivares-Rojas
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
revista de investigación y desarrollo
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2444-4987
DOI - 10.35429/jrd.2019.15.5.26.37
Subject(s) - public key infrastructure , blockchain , computer security , digital signature , computer science , public key cryptography , encryption , database transaction , cryptography , key (lock) , transport layer security , world wide web , database , hash function
The project explores the use of digital documents as a response to the problems presented by physical documents, since they are at risk of partial or total loss.The solution is the digitalization that plays a very important role in society and the contemporary world. This helps sustainability and the preservation of natural resources.The security of the archives is a necessity that requires as solution to use the technology of public key infrastructure (PKI) to generate a digital document, besides registering the public and private keys of the personnel that has the legal power to sign them. These documents are stored on an official server and distributed among the registered hosts of the network. This certificatewill help to detect changes in an unauthorized way, when comparing the document with the original. In this phase of distributed verification, the Blockchain technology will be used.Then the proposal is to build a tool to generate digital documents, in addition to managing public keys, transaction logs and records. The use of Blockchain will allow to establish and configure a Peer to Peer (P2P) network for a secure exchange.