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Self-service provisioning of digital certificates

  • US 7,827,599 B2
  • Filed: 05/19/2004
  • Issued: 11/02/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/19/2004
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A computer-implemented method comprising:

  • instructing an un-provisioned user to obtain a digital certificate;

    receiving, at a provisioning computer, a response from the un-provisioned user, wherein the response includes the digital certificate and a fingerprint of the digital certificate;

    storing the digital certificate and the fingerprint without activating the digital certificate;

    prior to activating the digital certificate, instructing a trusted user who has an activated digital certificate to verify the received digital certificate, which comprises instructing the trusted user to confirm with the un-provisioned user that the un-provisioned user has obtained the digital certificate, and to receive from the un-provisioned user the fingerprint of the digital certificate;

    receiving from the trusted user a response that includes the fingerprint of the digital certificate;

    comparing the received fingerprint with the stored fingerprint; and

    activating the digital certificate in response a fingerprint match.

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