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Methods and systems for automated authentication, processing and issuance of digital certificates

  • US 8,028,162 B2
  • Filed: 11/14/2008
  • Issued: 09/27/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/12/2001
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method comprising:

  • receiving, from a requestor, a certificate signing request (CSR) for a digital certificate;

    requesting from the requestor an approver e-mail address;

    receiving from the requestor an approver e-mail address;

    determining if the approver e-mail address is of the form title@domain_name, where “

    domain_name”

    is a domain name of an entity for which the digital certificate is requested, and “

    title”

    is a name selected from a group of titles consisting of “

    admin”

    , “

    administrator”

    , “

    support”

    , “

    webmaster”

    , hostmaster”

    , “

    info”

    , “

    ssladmin”

    , and “

    sysadmin”

    ; and

    providing certificate information to the approver at the approver e-mail address if the address has the said form.

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