Method for securing access by software modules

Abstract

The subject matter discloses a method for providing identity to a software module, comprising splitting a secret key using a split multi-party computation (MPC) process between the software module and a security server and storing one share of the secret key in the software module and another share of the secret in the security server, the security server receiving a request from the software module to access a resource, in response to the request, the security server encrypts a message, said encrypted message is obtained by the software module, the software module initiates a decryption multi-party computation (MPC) process to decrypt the message encrypted by the security server using according to the shares of the secret key, the security server receives the decrypted secret and the public key and the security server signs a certificate associated with the requested resource and the software module and sends the certificate to the software module.

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