Certificate acquiring method and device
US10367647B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 8, 2016 |
| Grant date | Jul 30, 2019 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 19, 2037 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L63/0823
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A certificate acquiring method and device, where the method includes receiving a certificate application representation message sent by a newly installed virtualized network function component (VNFC) instance, sending a certificate request message to a certification authority, and acquiring a certificate issued by the certification authority. In this way, the newly installed VNFC instance does not need to use a current manner for a virtualized network function (VNF) to acquire a certificate, which effectively avoids a problem of a cumbersome and more complex process caused when the newly installed VNFC instance acquires a certificate.
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