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AUTOMATED CERTIFICATE MANAGEMENT

  • US 20110219227A1
  • Filed: 03/08/2010
  • Published: 09/08/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/08/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A computer-implemented method for automatically generating and sharing security certificates, the method comprising:

  • generating one or more certificates for token signing and encryption in a server farm;

    encrypting the certificates using a key securely shared among servers in the server farm;

    publishing the certificates at a location available to each server in the server farm;

    listening for requests to access published certificates; and

    upon receiving a request to access a certificate,processing the received request to access a certificate; and

    replying to the processed request with the requested certificate,wherein the preceding steps are performed by at least one processor.

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