The XKMS Role
•.NET apps require security
–Internet scale, dynamic relationships
–Privacy, potentially high value transactions
•PK-based security will play a significant role
–Strength of mechanism
–Dynamic relationships
•XKMS defines required key-based trust services
–Registration, Discovery, Validation
–It’s a Web Service – same tools, application model, deployment
–Recognizes off-loading trust evaluation may be critical for many applications and/or classes of devices