Method and apparatus for providing access isolation of requested security related information from a security related information source
First Claim
1. A method for providing requested security related information from a security related information source comprising the steps of:
- receiving, from a requestor, security information request data representing a request for the security related information from the source;
isolating the requestor from the source by generating separate security information release data, to obtain the security related information from the source based on analyzed request criteria data; and
generating reply data for the requestor based on a response to the separate security information release data.
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Abstract
An apparatus and method provides arbitration among a plurality of subscribers and also provides access isolation between a requester, such as a subscriber or other entity, and a security-related information source, such as a repository containing certificates and certificate revocation lists (CRLs) or other security-related information. The system and method isolates the requester from the source by generating separate security information release-data to obtain the security-related information from the source based on analyzed request criteria-data. The arbitration module generates a separate security-information release request to the repository to retrieve appropriate data from the internal repository in response to the externally generated request without allowing the request to filter directly through to the security-related information source.
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36 Claims
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1. A method for providing requested security related information from a security related information source comprising the steps of:
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receiving, from a requestor, security information request data representing a request for the security related information from the source;
isolating the requestor from the source by generating separate security information release data, to obtain the security related information from the source based on analyzed request criteria data; and
generating reply data for the requestor based on a response to the separate security information release data. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method for providing requested security related information from a security related information source comprising the steps of:
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receiving, from a requester, security information request data representing a request for the security related information from the source;
arbitrating among a plurality of received security information requests based on request criteria data;
obtaining the request criteria data and wherein the request criteria data includes at least one of;
approved requestor identification data, data representing releasable security related information from the source and conditional criteria data to facilitate the release of security related information from the source;
isolating the requestor from the source by generating separate security information release data, to obtain the security related information from the source based on analyzed request criteria data or security information release data; and
generating reply data for the requester based on a response to the separate security information release data wherein the reply data for the requestor includes retrieved security related data obtained from the source in response to the separate security information release data. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. An apparatus for providing requested security related information from a security related information source comprising:
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a security information request analyzer that receives, from a requestor, security information request data representing a request for the security related information from the source and isolates the requestor from the source by generating separate security information release data, to obtain the security related information from the source based on analyzed request criteria data; and
a reply data generator, operatively coupled to the security information request analyzer, that generates reply data for the requestor based on a response from the source to the separate security information release data. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
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