Automatically obtaining a signed digital certificate from a trusted certificate authority

A method comprising:

• receiving, by a processor, a request associated with a handshake procedure for establishing a secure session between a client device and a server, wherein the request indicates a trusted certificate authority (TCA) that issues signed digital certificates;
• in response to receiving the request, determining, by the processor, that a local key store that is local to the server does not have a signed digital certificate issued by the TCA;
• in response to determining that the local key store does not have the signed digital certificate, obtaining, by the processor, the signed digital certificate from the TCA;
• and
• returning, by the processor, the signed digital certificate back to the client device as part of the handshake procedure to establish the secure session.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising program code that is executable by a processor for causing the processor to:

• receive a request associated with a handshake procedure for establishing a secure session between a client device and a server, wherein the request indicates a trusted certificate authority (TCA) that issues signed digital certificates;
• in response to receiving the request, determine that a local key store that is local to the server does not have a signed digital certificate issued by the TCA;
• in response to determining that the local key store does not have the signed digital certificate, obtain the signed digital certificate from the TCA;
• and
• return the signed digital certificate back to the client device as part of the handshake procedure to establish the secure session.