AUTOMATICALLY GENERATING A CERTIFICATE OPERATION REQUEST
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1. A method, implemented by a computing system programmed to perform operations, comprising:
- establishing a secure connection with a server computing system using an authentication protocol that uses symmetric-key cryptography;
automatically generating, by a client agent of the computing system, a request to perform a certificate operation associated with a certificate; and
sending, by the client agent, the request over the secure connection to an identity management system of the server computing system, wherein the client agent is capable of automatically generating and sending the certificate operation without user intervention at the computing system.
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Abstract
A method and system for automatically generating a certificate operation request is described.
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1. A method, implemented by a computing system programmed to perform operations, comprising:
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establishing a secure connection with a server computing system using an authentication protocol that uses symmetric-key cryptography; automatically generating, by a client agent of the computing system, a request to perform a certificate operation associated with a certificate; and sending, by the client agent, the request over the secure connection to an identity management system of the server computing system, wherein the client agent is capable of automatically generating and sending the certificate operation without user intervention at the computing system. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A computing system, comprising
a client agent, comprising: -
a Kerberos client to establish a secure connection with a server computing system using an authentication protocol that uses symmetric-key cryptography; and a certificate utility to automatically generate a request to perform a certificate operation associated with a certificate and to send the request over the secure connection to an identity management system of the server computing system, wherein the client agent is capable of automatically generating and sending the certificate operation without user intervention at the computing system. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A machine-readable storage medium having instructions, which when executed, cause a computing device to perform a method comprising:
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establishing a secure connection with a server computing system using an authentication protocol that uses symmetric-key cryptography; automatically generating, by a client agent of the computing system, a request to perform a certificate operation associated with a certificate; and sending, by the client agent, the request over the secure connection to an identity management system of the server computing system, wherein the client agent is capable of automatically generating and sending the certificate operation without user intervention at the computing system. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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