Certificate Authority Framework
AssigneeCloudflare, Inc.
InventorsLee Hahn Holloway, Nicholas Thomas Sullivan
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Abstract
A server receives a single certificate signature request from a requestor and determines that the requestor is authorized for a certificate corresponding to the single certificate signature request. The server generates a first certificate corresponding to the single certificate signature request, wherein the first certificate has a first expiry value. The server transmits the generated first certificate to the requestor. Responsive to an amount of time elapsing, the server automatically generating a second certificate corresponding to the single certificate signature request, wherein the amount of time expiring is less than the first expiry value. The server transmits the generated second certificate to the requestor.
Claims1
A method, comprising:
- receiving a single certificate signature request from a requestor;
- determining that the requestor is authorized for a certificate corresponding to the single certificate signature request;
- generating a first certificate corresponding to the single certificate signature request, wherein the first certificate has a first expiry value;
- transmitting the generated first certificate to the requestor;
- responsive to an amount of time elapsing, automatically generating a second certificate corresponding to the single certificate signature request, wherein the amount of time elapsing is less than the first expiry value;
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- transmitting the generated second certificate to the requestor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.