System and method for supporting multiple certificate authorities on a mobile communication device
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1. A mobile device, comprising:
- a plurality of certification authority (CA) provider components, each associated with a respective CA; and
a common CA interface that receives a security-related request from a software application and communicates the security-related request to one of the plurality of CA provider components;
the one CA provider component sending the security-related request received from the common CA interface to its respective associated CA.
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Abstract
A system and method for supporting operations with multiple certification authorities (CAs) on a communication device. A common CA interface is provided between a plurality of secure communication applications and a plurality of CA-specific components, each of which interacts with a particular CA. A further common interface may also be provided for operatively coupling the secure communication applications to cryptographic components in the device.
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12 Claims
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1. A mobile device, comprising:
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a plurality of certification authority (CA) provider components, each associated with a respective CA; and a common CA interface that receives a security-related request from a software application and communicates the security-related request to one of the plurality of CA provider components; the one CA provider component sending the security-related request received from the common CA interface to its respective associated CA. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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