System and method for securing private keys issued from distributed private key generator (D-PKG) nodes
US9065637B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jan 24, 2013 |
| Grant date | Jun 23, 2015 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 21, 2033 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L9/3073
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A system and method where the “dealer” of a split Master Secret becomes the Master Key Server, whose role is to initially compute the Master Secret, create and distribute shares of the Master Secret to two Distributed Private Key Generators (D-PKG), initialize and route the inter-process communication between the nodes, co-ordinate and computationally participate in the User System's IBE Private Key generation process.
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