XKMS

Introduction.

XML Key Management Service Specification ( or XKMS) defines a standard way of generating key pairs, storing public key information and retrieving public key information. XKMS services can be exposed as Web services which allow other applications to delicate some of the key information processing to such services. That allows the client applications of XKMS services to operate without worrying about the Public Key Infrastructure which the XKMS services might be using. XKMS is consist of two components. Namely