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Asia PKI forumand Establishment of

Japan Promotional Association

Asia PKI forumand Establishment of

Japan Promotional Association

December 5th, 2000 Satoru Tezuka

Hitachi, Ltd., Systems Development Laboratory

Preparatory Committee for foundation JPAAPKI@comp.hitachi.co.jp

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[Automobile]

[Semiconductor]

[Information] New Zealand

A greater part of trades done in Asian

countries / areas

[Home Appliances]

1. Necessity of PKI in Asia

Australia

JapanKorea

ChinaIndia

MalaysiaSingapore

PhilippinesThailand

Indonesia

Multi-byte code language

Establish cyber market place in Asia and e-government on interoperable PKI

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Establishment of - Promotional Association in Japan - Promotional Organizations in Asian country / area

Japan

Adviser

Korea

Singapore

Malaysia

China

Philippines

India

Indonesia

Asia

PKI

forum

Thailand

Head Office

Working Groups

Promotional Organizations in each country / area

Preparatory Committee

for foundation

HitachiFujitsuMitsuiNEC

Toyota

Chairman

Vice Chairman

2. Toward establishment of Asia PKI forum

Realization of Asia PKI forum

Board

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InteroperabilityExamination of

cooperation between certificate

authorities, use of electronic

authentication document, standard,

etc.

InteroperabilityExamination of

cooperation between certificate

authorities, use of electronic

authentication document, standard,

etc.

Construction of common infrastructure for

Asian countries / areas

Construction of common infrastructure for

Asian countries / areas

Electronic GovernmentElectronic Commerce Market common to Asia

Electronic GovernmentElectronic Commerce Market common to Asia

Establishment of Asia PKI

Establishment of Asia PKI

Business Environment

Adjustment of legal systems between

nations, Certificate authority standard,

use system standard, etc.

Business Environment

Adjustment of legal systems between

nations, Certificate authority standard,

use system standard, etc.

Spread PromotionExamination of the requirements

for various application fields, supply of utilization technology

Spread PromotionExamination of the requirements

for various application fields, supply of utilization technology

3. Target of Asia PKI

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Public Sector Private Sector

Operation of Authentication system / Legal systemElectronic Authentication / Signature / Cryptography

InternationalFinancial

Transaction

InternationalFinancial

Transaction

Electronicmarketplace

Electronicmarketplace

Electronic governmentElectronic

governmentElectronic

processing of customs

duty

Electronic processing of customs

duty

Trade and settlement

EDI

Trade and settlement

EDI Utilizatio

nT

echn

olo

gy

Exam

ine

Req

uirem

ents

Spread activities over Asian countries / areas

- Examination of the requirements for PKI in each application field, and interoperability - Supply of utilization technology to each application field - PKI spread promotion activities to Asian countries / areas

- Examination of the requirements for PKI in each application field, and interoperability - Supply of utilization technology to each application field - PKI spread promotion activities to Asian countries / areas

Asia PKI

4. Promotion of PKI Technology

InternationalSCM

InternationalSCM

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Total planning activity of the AssociationPlanningPlanning

Coordination of legal system, certificate authority standard, use system standard, etc.

Business Environment

Business Environment

Cooperation of certificate authorities, examination of the use standard of electronic authentication document

Interoperability

Interoperability

Spread Promotion

Spread Promotion

WorkingGroup

WorkingGroup

- Cooperation with PKI promotional organization of each country (joint examination / promotion) - Deployment to Asian countries / areas- Proposal for international standards (IETF etc.)

InternationalDeploymentInternationalDeployment

- Symposium activities (inside / outside Japan)- Announcements (homepage, report, etc.)

Information Exchange

Information Exchange

5. Activities of “Japan Promotional Association for APKIF”

Examination of requirements for various application fields, supply of utilization technology

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The 1st Symposium (Spring , 2001)(Subsequent symposia : once a year in Asian countries / areas) Working Groups to be set up - Business Environment - Interoperability - Spread PromotionExpansion of cooperation with Asian countries / areas

towards the realization of Asia PKI forum

6. Schedule

2000

2001

2002

Promoters Meeting (August 25 , 2000) Cooperative coordination with Asian countries Korea and Singapore as a first step (October , 2000)Founding General Meeting (December 15 , 2000)

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7. Contact

Japan Promotional Association for Asia PKI forum

Address

E-mail

Hitachi Omori 2nd Bldg., 27-18, Minami Oi 6-chome,Sinagawa-ku, Tokyo, 140-8572 Japan

JPAAPKI@comp.hitachi.co.jp

FujitsuHitachiMitsuiNEC

Toyota

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Appendix : Electronic Authentication Act

- On October 10, 2000- Ministry of Justice started Electronic Authentication Act based on Commercial Registration Act.

Phase 1: Oct. 10, 2000

Phase 2: 2001 (to be planned)

Phase 3: Apr., 2001 (to be planned)

2 registries (Tokyo, Maebashi)

30 registries

Cross certification with Government CA