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KEY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SHARED SECRET CIPHERS

  • US 20120011360A1
  • Filed: 06/14/2011
  • Published: 01/12/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/14/2010
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A system for the provision of cryptographic key management services (KMS), wherein the system comprises:

  • a KMS domain authority server layer including at least one KMS authority server configured to manage cryptographic keys for a first domain; and

    a root KMS server layer including at least one KMS root server, the root KMS server layer being linked to the authority KMS server layer, the at least one KMS root server being configured to communicate with applications and devices that make security requests to the system when there are no other layers in the system,wherein, the layers are organized in a hierarchy such that each layer has a different security level.

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