Certificate Information Verification System
AssigneeDigiCert, Inc.
InventorsJason Allen Sabin, Richard Jeremy Rowley
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Abstract
The invention discloses a system and apparatus for detecting problematic certificate action requests and digital certificates. Ideally, the invention will be used to detect a certificate request that will result in security problems and detect issued certificates that lack essential information. The invention uses a proxy system that intercepts certificate requests and transmitted certificates. The proxy system runs a series of checks on the intercepted request and/or certificate. The checks vary depending on the certificate contents, requester, and system providing the request or certificate.
Claims20
A method for checking certificate requests comprising:
- Receiving a request for a certificate action,
- Performing at least one check on the request, and
- Taking an action based on the results of the at least one check.
A method for checking certificate information comprising:
- Receiving a certificate,
- Retrieving at least one check from a verification package,
- Performing at least one check on the certificate, and
- Taking an action based on the results of the at least one check.
A system for checking certificate information comprising:
- A server running software designed to receive certificates,
- A verification controller that performs at least one check on the received certificate, and
- A notification system.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.