A Methodological Survey of Systems Auditing and Private Key Vulnerabilities in PKI Blueprints

International Journal of Computer Science and Technology Vol. 5, No. 4, April 2003 | pp. 25–32

DOI: 10.46882/2003/IJCST/000052

Review Article

Title: A Methodological Survey of Systems Auditing and Private Key Vulnerabilities in PKI Blueprints

Names of Authors: Jean-Pierre Dubois¹, Sanjay Mehta²

Authors’ Affiliations: ¹Institute of Automation, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland; ²Department of Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, India.

Abstract:
Public-Key Infrastructure blueprints serve as the baseline security layer across commercial network nodes, but configuration flaws and unoptimized path structures routinely create severe architectural vulnerabilities. This extensive review evaluates structural failure patterns inside public key registries by drawing from 92 peer-reviewed technical enterprise security audits. We compare private key storage strategies, verification path processing latency, and certificate directory lookups across modern business networks. The article details operational limitations such as certificate cancellation delays, multi-tiered credential management overhead, and root authority key fragmentation issues. The synthesis indicates that up to 64.3% of validated security anomalies are caused by misconfigured validation constraints rather than code faults inside the underlying cryptographic algorithms. Finally, we formulate a standardized multi-tiered deployment guide designed to maximize trust validation loops and ensure strict compliance with global digital infrastructure frameworks.

Keywords: Public-Key Infrastructure, Systems Auditing, Vulnerability Analysis, Cryptographic Validation, Network Security, Analytical Review.

Manuscript Timeline: Received: December 12, 2002; Revised: January 20, 2003; Accepted: February 14, 2003; Published: April 25, 2003.

Citation: Dubois, J. P., & Mehta, S. (2003). A Methodological Survey of Systems Auditing and Private Key Vulnerabilities in PKI Blueprints. International Journal of Computer Science and Technology, 5(4), 25–32.

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