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  • US 20070234039A1
  • Filed: 05/24/2007
  • Published: 10/04/2007
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/01/2000
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of automatically obtaining a second certificate for a user in a Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) enterprise using a first certificate, the method comprising:

  • accessing a server platform using a user'"'"'s server and the first certificate of the user to create a connection that authenticates both the user'"'"'s server identity via a server certificate of the user server and the user'"'"'s identity via the user'"'"'s first certificate;

    tracking a pedigree of the user'"'"'s first certificate;

    accessing a registration web page having a level of security that is commensurate with the pedigree of the user'"'"'s first certificate;

    creating a secure data channel between the server platform and the user server;

    forwarding a request for the second certificate from the user server to the server platform;

    and generating at the server platform the second certificate.

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