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Obtaining a signed certificate for a dispersed storage network

  • US 8,776,186 B2
  • Filed: 08/17/2012
  • Issued: 07/08/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/04/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprises:

  • generating a certificate signing request (CSR) that includes a certificate and a certificate extension, wherein the certificate includes information regarding a requesting device and wherein the certificate extension includes information regarding an accessible dispersed storage network (DSN) address range for the requesting device;

    outputting the CSR to a certificate authority of a DSN;

    receiving a signed certificate from the certificate authority, wherein the signed certificate includes a certification signature of the certificate authority authenticating the certificate and the certificate extension; and

    storing the signed certificate for use when generating a DSN access request, wherein the DSN access request is requesting access to dispersed storage error encoded data in the DSN at an address within the accessible DSN address range.

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