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Method and system for managing identities in a peer-to-peer networking environment

  • US 20050177715A1
  • Filed: 02/09/2004
  • Published: 08/11/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/09/2004
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A computer-readable medium containing an identity certificate data structure, the identity certificate data structure comprising:

  • a first data field containing data representing an identity peer name;

    a second data field containing data representing an identity public key, the identity public key and an identity private key forming a public/private key pair;

    a third data field containing data representing a certificate type, the certificate type indicating an identity certificate; and

    a fourth data field containing data representing a signature of the identity certificate, the signature derived, at least in part, from the identity private key.

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