Re: [Ejbca-develop] Blockchain as a new protection mechanism for Database Integrity Protection

[Andreas K. <ku...@tr...>]

Hi Jaime,

that's hip, but I'm not eager to apply the most resource consuming
technology available. Let me cite the Australia's Digital Transformation
Agency:

" ... for every use of blockchain you would consider today, there is a
better technology ..."

https://www.zdnet.com/article/dta-dunks-on-blockchain-hype-saying-for-every-use-there-is-a-better-alternative/


Greetings,

Andreas
> Just a quick idea right now, but, what do you think of protecting EJBCA
> records with blockchain transactions?. This way, records in EJBCA would be
> verifiable with a distributed ledger and this could help to prove the
> authenticity of certain data even to third parties (e.g. government), for
> example, the exact time when a certificate got revoked in the past.
>
> I think that this could be implemented just as a new protection version for
> Database Integrity Protection (
> https://www.ejbca.org/docs/EJBCA_Security.html#src-23855405_id-.EJBCASecurityv6.15.0-DatabaseIntegrityProtection
> ).
>
> What do you think?.
>
>
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