METHOD OF ACQUIRING AN OPERATIONAL CERTIFICATE

A method of acquiring an operational certificate for an application (140) running on an authorized and/or authenticated host node (130) in a network (100), the method comprising: transmitting, by the application, a request comprising a Certificate Signing Request to a proxy engine(145) running on th...

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Hauptverfasser:	SCHACK, August, JOHNSON, Roland, CORNWALL, Craig
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE ELECTRICITY TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHICCOMMUNICATION
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Zusammenfassung:	A method of acquiring an operational certificate for an application (140) running on an authorized and/or authenticated host node (130) in a network (100), the method comprising: transmitting, by the application, a request comprising a Certificate Signing Request to a proxy engine(145) running on the authorized and/or authenticated host node; receiving, by the proxy engine, the request, and submitting the Certificate Signing Request to a Certificate Authority (155); signing, by the Certificate Authority, the operational certificate and transmitting a response comprising the signed operational certificate to the proxy engine; and forwarding, by the proxy engine, the signed operational certificate to the application.