Products and Services Terisa Systems will deliver a full line of toolkits and services. In addition, the toolkit will include a facility for managing multiple certificates and keys, enabling, for example, the automatic selection of an appropriate key through negotiation with the server. The toolkit addresses the more demanding server aspects of key and certificate administration. It includes tools for storing and managing multiple keys and certificates, associating appropriate keys with requests for particular documents, and managing the revocation of certificates and keys. It also will provide a stronger and more manageable document access control system.
Certificates are central to the use of public keys, for they guarantee public key authenticity.
While Secure-HTTP works with hierarchical public key certificates issued by major institutions, in the future, Terisa Systems plans to provide toolkits that allow organizations to issue their own certificates. Fully-supported Terisa Systems commercial security products will be available in the fourth quarter of 1994. In addition to toolkits, Terisa Systems will provide full support services, including technical support, tutorials, training, an on-line information service and custom consulting. RSA Data Security Inc., Redwood City, Calif., invented the leading public key cryptography system and performs basic research and development in cryptography. RSA markets software that facilitates the integration of their technology into applications.