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H04L 9/32 (2006.01) G06F 17/30 (2006.01)
Patent
CA 2328645
This invention discloses a system for certificate revocation list (CRL) consolidation and access, comprising: a plurality of certificate authorities (CAs); a plurality of CRL retrieval agents associated with CRL distribution mechanisms of CAs, for consolidating the CRLs from multiple CAs; CRL databases, for storing the consolidated CRLs from multiple CRL retrieval agents and the replication of CRLs; and CRL access API. Therefore, application can access the nearest CRL database to determine whether a digital certificate has been revoked via a set of unified APIs without bothering the detailed of CRL distribution mechanisms. In addition, the system of the invention is also adapted for consolidating and accessing all kinds of black list.
Liu Leo Y.
Tian Zhong
Xu Jing Min
International Business Machines Corporation
Wang Peter
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