Cryptographic server with provisions for interoperability between cryptographic systems

US8494969B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Security First Corp. · US

Inventors

• Alexander G. Dickinson · Laguna Beach, US
• Mark D. Rohrbach · Poway, US
• Richard F. Clayton · Columbia, US
• Gregory H. Stark · Millersville, US
• Michelle Ferrante · Columbia, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 17, 2009
• Grant date: Jul 23, 2013
• Expiry date: Aug 10, 2030

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06F2221/2117
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

The invention is a cryptographic server providing interoperability over multiple algorithms, keys, standards, certificate types and issuers, protocols, and the like. Another aspect of the invention is to provide a secure server, or trust engine, having server-centric keys, or in other words, storing cryptographic keys on a server. The server-centric storage of keys provides for user-independent security, portability, availability, and straightforwardness, along with a wide variety of implementation possibilities.