Mail certificate responder
AssigneeRed Hat, Inc.
InventorPeter Andrew Rowley
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for generating a mail certificate is described. A client determines whether the client possesses a certificate. If a certificate is needed, the client sends a request to a certificate responder for a new certificate in response to the determination. The certificate responder generates and sends the new certificate back to the client.
Claims45
A computer-implemented method comprising:
- determining whether a certificate is associated with a client;
- sending a request to a certificate responder for a new certificate in response to the determination;
- and
- receiving the new certificate from the certificate responder in response to the request.
A computer-implemented method comprising:
- receiving a request for a new certificate from a client;
- generating the new certificate based only on an email of the client;
- and
- sending the new certificate to the client.
An apparatus comprising:
- a client to determine whether a certificate is associated with the client, to send a request to a certificate responder for a new certificate in response to the determination, and to receive the new certificate from the certificate responder in response to the request.
An apparatus comprising:
- a certificate responder to receive a request for a new certificate from a client, to generate the new certificate based only on an email of the client, and to send the new certificate to the client.
An article of manufacture comprising:
- a machine-accessible storage medium including data that, when accessed by a machine, cause the machine to perform a method comprising:
- determining whether a certificate is associated with a client;
- sending a request to a certificate responder for a new certificate in response to the determination;
- and
- receiving the new certificate from the certificate responder in response to the request.
An article of manufacture comprising:
- a machine-accessible storage medium including data that, when accessed by a machine, cause the machine to perform a method comprising:
- receiving a request for a new certificate from a client;
- generating the new certificate based only on an email of the client;
- and
- sending the new certificate to the client.
A computer-implemented method comprising:
- receiving a request at a certificate responder from a first client to generate a new certificate for a second client;
- and
- sending the new certificate to the second client.
An apparatus comprising:
- a certificate responder to receive a request from a first client to generate a new certificate for a second client, and to send the new certificate to the second client.
An article of manufacture comprising:
- a machine-accessible storage medium including data that, when accessed by a machine, cause the machine to perform a method comprising:
- receiving a request at a certificate responder from a first client to generate a new certificate for a second client;
- and
- sending the new certificate to the second client.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.