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Authority-neutral certification for multiple-authority PKI environments

  • US 20030065921A1
  • Filed: 08/26/2002
  • Published: 04/03/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/28/2001
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for facilitating electronic certification, comprising:

  • receiving, on a server, a service request from an application, the service request containing public key encryption data;

    based on information contained in the service request, selecting a certification authority, from a plurality of available certification authorities;

    generating a data object including information associated with the information in the service request;

    transmitting the data object from the server to the selected certification authority;

    receiving, on the server, a response from the selected certification authority;

    generating a response object including information associated with information contained in the response; and

    transmitting the response object to the application.

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