Secure signature server system and associated method

A system, method and computer program product are provided for securely generating signatures. Initially received is a request to generate a signature at a secure server. Then, the signature is automatically generated at the secure server utilizing a private key stored at the secure server. The sign...

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Zusammenfassung:A system, method and computer program product are provided for securely generating signatures. Initially received is a request to generate a signature at a secure server. Then, the signature is automatically generated at the secure server utilizing a private key stored at the secure server. The signature is then transmitted from the secure server. Such signature is capable of being used to verify an authenticity of an update (i.e. data and/or software) for a computer utilizing a public key.