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Certification of cryptographic keys for chipcards

  • US 6,076,162 A
  • Filed: 01/21/1998
  • Issued: 06/13/2000
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/22/1997
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. Method for certification of a cryptographic key for a chipcard comprising the steps of:

  • a) generating at a trusted authority, an asymmetrical algorithm cryptography key pair;

    b) generating at the trusted authority, a hash of a public key of the key pair and administrative information related to the public key;

    c) generating at the trusted authority, a digital signature by decoding the hash using a certified secret key of a certified key pair of the asymmetrical algorithm, a certified public key of the certified key pair having been previously transferred to the chipcard from the trusted authority;

    d) transferring to the chipcard, a certificate having a first part including the administrative information and the public key and a second part including the digital signature of the first part of the certificate;

    e) encoding the digital signature of the second part of the certificate in the chipcard using the certified public key of the certified key pair previously transferred to the chipcard;

    f) generating in the chipcard, a hash of the first part of the certificate;

    g) comparing the encoded digital signature with the hash of the first part of the certificate;

    h) accepting the public key as a certified key for the chipcard when the hash of the first part of the certificate agrees with the encoded digital signature of the second part of the certificate.

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