Mutable fields in digital certificates
US10523435B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 1, 2016 |
| Grant date | Dec 31, 2019 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 19, 2038 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L9/3268
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
By implementing a mutable certificates approach, a server to which a digital certificate has been issued may update one or more certificate fields without the need for a new certificate or other intervention from the issuing certificate authority. A certificate authority uses extensions to identify fields that a server may update, and to identify a set or range of allowable values for those fields. A server may use the extensions to identify one or more fields to be updated, and the values to which those fields should be updated. The server may sign those field values with its private key. A client, upon receiving a digital certificate from a server with fields for updating, validates the field values using the server's public key, and then proceeds to update the certificate field values.
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