Transparent on-demand certificate provisioning for secure email
First Claim
1. A method for certificate provisioning, comprising:
- generating a keypair and a self-signed certificate;
requesting a certificate from a certification authority;
temporarily securing email using the self-signed certificate;
securing email using the requested certificate, after receipt of the requested certificate from the certification authority; and
displaying a secure email associated with the requested certificate.
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Abstract
The present invention provides a method, system, and computer program product for transparent on-demand certificate provisioning for secure email. The method comprises: generating a keypair and a self-signed certificate; requesting a certificate from a certification authority; temporarily securing email using the self-signed certificate; and securing email using the requested certificate, after receipt of the requested certificate from the certification authority. The present inventions uses self-signed certificates as an initial, interim security mechanism, provides automatic submission of certificate requests and renewal requests, provides an administrative policy to specify when keypairs and self-signed certificates are generated by a user'"'"'s client system, and when certificate requests are submitted, and provides automatic transition from end-user defined trust to delegated trust based upon CA-issued certificates.
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27 Claims
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1. A method for certificate provisioning, comprising:
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generating a keypair and a self-signed certificate; requesting a certificate from a certification authority; temporarily securing email using the self-signed certificate; securing email using the requested certificate, after receipt of the requested certificate from the certification authority; and displaying a secure email associated with the requested certificate. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A system for certificate provisioning, comprising:
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at least one computer comprising; a system for generating a keypair and a self-signed certificate; a system for requesting a certificate from a certification authority; a system for temporarily securing email using the self-signed certificate; and a system for securing email using the requested certificate, after receipt of the requested certificate from the certification authority. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. A program product stored on a computer recordable medium for certificate provisioning, the computer readable medium comprising program code, which when executed by a computer, performs the following steps:
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generating a keypair and a self-signed certificate; requesting a certificate from a certification authority; temporarily securing email using the self-signed certificate; and securing email using the requested certificate, after receipt of the requested certificate from the certification authority.
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