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Volume 11 Issue 1An Introduction to Gatekeeper: the Government’s Public Key InfrastructureKATE BOYLE*Abstract Gatekeeper is a world leading project that deals with security issues related to electronic transactions. This Gatekeeper strategy could eventually be a national scheme. The following is a sketch of the Gatekeeper project. It includes a basic overview of the PKI and some legal issues arising from the use of Gatekeeper for online transactions. * Kate Boyle works in the Government Public Key Infrastructure Branch of the National Office for the Information Economy in Canberra. The GPKI Branch is responsible for the implementation of the Gatekeeper Strategy. Kate's responsibilities involves considering legal issues surrounding Gatekeeper including the contractual process surrounding Gatekeeper Accreditation and wider legal issues arising from electronic transactions and PKI.
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