Unified storage and management of cryptographic keys and certificates
US9288050B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 25, 2014 |
| Grant date | Mar 15, 2016 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 25, 2034 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L9/3263
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Cryptographic resources, such as those including PGP keys and certificates, are transformed such that they are understood by certificate repositories, such as in a format understood by the JAVA tools of JAVA KEYSTORE (JKS). JAVA is one example of a general-purpose computer programming language that is concurrent, class-based, object-oriented. JAVA KEYSTORE is one example of a repository of security certificates, such as authorization certificates and public key certificates, used for instance in SSL encryption. The transformation of the cryptographic resources is completed such that the necessary metadata for retrieving the original cryptographic resources, or artifacts thereof, are retained. In that way, cryptographic resources are effectively hidden within the certificate repository until needed. The security program applies an algorithm to generate keys for JKS storage such that the keys “masquerade” in a JKS canonical format until the time in which the resources are needed to be in a PGP canonical format.
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