System and method for providing a certificate to a third party request

A non-transitory machine readable medium on which is stored a computer program for providing a certificate for certificate based network access in response to a third party request, the computer program comprising instructions which when executed by a computer system having at least one processor performs the steps of:

• an input routine operative associated with an input device for receiving from a third party at least one predefined required attribute as criteria for receiving a certificate for certificate based network access;
• a query routine for querying a remote first system with a plurality of users each having at least one attribute to determine at least a first subset of users having the at least one predefined required attribute, the querying performed by other than one of the plurality of users of the remote first system;
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• an output routine for providing by other than the remote first system, as requested by the third party a certificate with at least one characteristic for certificate based network access on a second system having at least one processor to each user of the first subset of users having the at least one predefined required attribute, the second system distinct from the remote first system.

A non-transitory machine readable medium on which is stored a computer program for providing a certificate for certificate based network access in response to a third party request, the computer program comprising instructions which when executed by a computer system having at least one processor performs the steps of:

• identifying a remote first system having at least one processor and a plurality of users, each user having at least one attribute;
• receiving from a third party at least one required attribute for certificate based network access;
• querying the remote first system to determine at least a first subset of users having the at least one required attribute, the querying performed by other than one of the plurality of users of the remote first system;
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• providing from a system other than the remote first system, as requested by the third party a certificate with at least one characteristic for certificate based network access on a second system having at least one processor to each user of the first subset of users having the at least one required attribute, the second system distinct from the remote first system.

A system for providing a certificate for certificate based network access in response to a third party request comprising:

• a first system having at least one processor structured and arranged as a single sign on system having a plurality of user accounts corresponding to a plurality of users;
• a third party structured and arranged to establish at least one predefined required attribute for receiving a certificate permitting network access on a second system having at least one processor, the second system distinct from the first system;
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• an authorizing system having at least one processor and distinct from the first system, the authorizing system structured and arranged to receive from the third party the at least one predefined required attribute, and in response to a request from the third party to generate certificates for users of the first system having the at least one predefined required attribute, the authorizing system further structured and arranged to access the first system to query user accounts for attributes associated with at least one user of the first system, the authorizing system providing a certificate with at least one characteristic for certificate based network access on the second system to the at least one user of the first system having at least one attribute associated with the at least user correlated to the at least one predefined required attribute.