Automated issuance of SSL certificates
First Claim
1. A system for the automated issuance of a SSL certificate, said system comprising:
- a first product operatively connected to a product registration agent;
a certificate provisioning server operatively connected to said product registration agent under control of an entity; and
said certificate provisioning server operatively connected to a certificate authority and a domain name server.
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Abstract
A system and process unifies DNS/Naming registration, trusted SSL certificate generation and signing. While installing a product, a customer registers it. This automatically enables the customer to use the DNS/Naming registration service offered by the entity, which automatically assigns a customer specified symbolic name for the product so that it can easily be found on the Internet. This is done simply and inexpensively by piggybacking on one of the domains owned by the entity. Once this happens, a SSL certificate is created and signed based on the subdomain. No verification of the SSL certificate is required, since the subdomain was assigned by the entity and it knows to whom it was assigned.
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21 Claims
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1. A system for the automated issuance of a SSL certificate, said system comprising:
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a first product operatively connected to a product registration agent;
a certificate provisioning server operatively connected to said product registration agent under control of an entity; and
said certificate provisioning server operatively connected to a certificate authority and a domain name server. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method for the automated issuance of a SSL certificate, said method comprising the steps of:
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installing a first product;
invoking a product registration agent to generate a CSR, the DNS name within said CSR being known to said product registration agent;
forwarding said CSR to a certificate authority for issuance of said SSL certificate; and
returning said SSL certificate to said first product to permit secure communication between said first product and a client. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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