Patent · US Active

System and method for validating SCEP certificate enrollment requests

US8832432B2 · kind B2 · utility

3Cited by
2References
24Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventors

Key dates

Filing dateAug 13, 2013
Grant dateSep 9, 2014
Priority date
Expiry dateAug 13, 2033

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L63/205
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A system and method for validating SCEP certificate enrollment that enforces the pairing of a SCEP challenge password and a set of expected certificate request content. A SCEP Validation Service or software residing in another system component whether a certificate request is legitimate by comparing it to registered SCEP challenges and associated expected certificate request content. This system and method addresses a privilege-escalation vulnerability in prior SCEP-based systems that could lead to a practical attack.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.