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OpenXPKI

Open source public key infrastructure software

Field	Value
name	OpenXPKI
logo	OpenXPKI logo.png
developer	The OpenXPKI Foundation
operating_system	Unix-like operating systems
programming_language	Perl
genre	Public key infrastructure
license	Apache License V 2.0
website	http://www.openxpki.org/

The OpenXPKI project stewards an open-source Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) software.

History

The OpenXPKI project commenced 2005 and began to produce usable software from 2010 but choose to take a precautionary approach with the first production level release in 2015. The approach taken was to create a modular system with most modules capable of being re-utilised in other systems - a Workflow engine centered approach.

The software has been mostly written in Perl and designed to run on Unix-like operating systems such as FreeBSD and Linux. Database backends have been created for MySQL, PostgreSQL, the Oracle Database and IBM Db2.

Technical

After installation the software on the node is configured to act as a Certificate Authority (CA), Registration Authority (RA) or End-Entity Enrollment (EE) node.

One client implementation is a web frontend that allows end-users to access the OpenXPKI system using a web browser, and a command line interface also available for system administrators. OpenXKPI also has a SCEP interface available.

Reception

OpenXPKI has been used successfully in scenarios from performance testing up to enterprise level environments. Shortcomings are that it requires additional components to complete a certificate based authentication, including software for efficient certificate distribution.

References

Footnotes

Sources

{{Cite web|last1=Bartosch|first1=Martin|date=19 November 2005|title=White Paper - Architecture Overview |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210428141756/http://www.openxpki.org/download/OpenXPKI-Architecture-Overview.pdf}}
{{Cite book|last1=Mahnke|first1=Wolfgang|last2=Leitner|first2=Stefan–Helmut|last3=Damm|first3=Matthias|date= 2009|title=OPC Unified Architecture
{{Cite book|last1=Müller|first1=Klaus-Rainer|date=2011|title=IT-Sicherheit mit System |trans-title=Systematic IT security
{{Cite web|author=OpenXPKI|date=2021|title=OpenXPKI feature overview |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210428141449/http://www.openxpki.org/features.html}}
{{Cite book|last1=Schmeh|first1=Klaus|date=2016|title=Kryptografie: Verfahren, Protokolle, Infrastrukturen |trans-title=Cryptography: procedures, protocols, infrastructures

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