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Managing private keys in a free seating environment

  • US 7,095,859 B2
  • Filed: 03/18/2002
  • Issued: 08/22/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/18/2002
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for managing a private key for a user in a free seating environment, said method comprising:

  • receiving at a first server the private key created by a first computer, wherein said first computer is a client of said first server;

    identifying a second computer that is authorized to receive said private key;

    transmitting said private key from said first server to said second computer; and

    wrapping said private key with a non-migratable public key of said first server, thus creating a first blob, before transmitting said private key within said first blob to said first server, such that said private key cannot be migrated from said first server while wrapped with said non-migratable public key of said first server.

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