Document management system with public key infrastructure
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1. Apparatus comprising:
- a processor;
computer-readable media;
a document management system including a private certificate authority installation trigger configured to cause the installation of a private certificate authority upon the occurrence of a certain event;
the private certificate authority private to the document management system, the private certificate authority including a certificate authority public key, a certificate authority private key, a key pair generator to generate key pairs for respective authorized users of the document management system, a digital certificate issuer to issue digital certificates regarding the respective authorized users of the of the document management system, and a certificate revocation mechanism to support a certificate revocation list; and
the private certificate authority including software, the software being installed at the behest of the document management system, the software being installed at the behest of the document management system upon the certain event which is a user selecting a private certificate authority option while interfacing with the document management system.
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Abstract
Apparatus are provided, including a document management system and a private certificate authority. The private certificate authority is private to the document management system, and includes a certificate authority public key, a certificate authority private key, a key pair generator, and a digital certificate issuer. The key pair generator generates key pairs for respective authorized users of the document management system. The digital certificate issuer issues digital certificates regarding the respective authorized users of the document management system. The private certificate authority includes software instantiated by or with the document management system.
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19 Claims
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1. Apparatus comprising:
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a processor; computer-readable media; a document management system including a private certificate authority installation trigger configured to cause the installation of a private certificate authority upon the occurrence of a certain event; the private certificate authority private to the document management system, the private certificate authority including a certificate authority public key, a certificate authority private key, a key pair generator to generate key pairs for respective authorized users of the document management system, a digital certificate issuer to issue digital certificates regarding the respective authorized users of the of the document management system, and a certificate revocation mechanism to support a certificate revocation list; and the private certificate authority including software, the software being installed at the behest of the document management system, the software being installed at the behest of the document management system upon the certain event which is a user selecting a private certificate authority option while interfacing with the document management system. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. Apparatus comprising:
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a document management system; a processor; computer-readable media; a private certificate authority private to the document management system, the private certificate authority including a certificate authority public key, certificate authority private key, a key pair generator to generate key pairs for respective authorized users of the document management system, a digital certificate issuer to issue digital certificates regarding the respective authorized users of the document management system, and a certificate revocation mechanism to support a certificate revocation list; the private certificate authority including software installed by or with the document management system as part of the installation of the document management system; wherein the private certificate authority includes software installed subsequent to an installation of the document management system; wherein the document management system further includes an option that can be selected by a user to provide a private certificate authority for a public key infrastructure capabilities of the document management system; the apparatus further comprising a private certificate authority facilitator, responsive to the creation of a document management system account for a document management system user, to allow or request a private certificate authority to generate a document management system user key pair and to issue a document management system user digital certificate; and wherein the private certificate authority facilitator includes a mechanism to automatically cause a private certificate authority to generate a document management system user key pair and to issue a document management system digital certificate when the document management system account is created for the given document management system user.
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15. A method comprising:
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providing a processor and computer-readable media; managing storage, naming, and access to documents through a document management system installed on a given computer platform, the document management system including a private certificate authority installation trigger configured to cause the installation of a private certificate authority upon the occurrence of a certain event; and providing the private certificate authority private to the document management system, the private certificate authority including a certificate authority public key and a certificate authority private key, generating key pairs for respective authorized users of the document management system, and issuing digital certificates regarding the respective authorized users of the document management system; the private certificate authority including software, the software being installed at the behest of the document management system, the software being installed at the behest of the document management system upon the certain event which is a user selecting a private certificate authority option while interfacing with the document management system; and using the document management system storage, access control, and download mechanisms to maintain and issue keys and certificates. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17)
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18. Non-transitory computer-readable media encoded with data, the data being interoperable with a machine to cause:
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managing storage, naming, and access to documents through a document management system installed on a given computer platform, the document management system including a private certificate authority installation trigger configured to cause the installation of a private certificate authority upon the occurrence of a certain event; and providing a private certificate authority private to the document management system, the private certificate authority including a certificate authority public key and certificate authority private key, generating key pairs for respective authorized users of the document management system, and issuing digital certificates regarding the respective authorized users of the document management system; the private certificate authority including software, the software being installed at the behest of the document management system, the software being installed at the behest of the document management system upon the certain event which is a user selecting a private certificate authority option while interfacing with the document management system; and using the document management system storage, access control, and download mechanisms to maintain and issue keys and certificates. - View Dependent Claims (19)
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