| US 7,484,089 B1 | ||
| Method and system for certificate delivery and management | ||
| Mark Kogen, Lawndale, Calif. (US); Herve Garcia, Calabasas, Calif. (US); Fred Pinn, Studio City, Calif. (US); Elton Lin, New York, N.Y. (US); and Warren Tan, Thousand Oaks, Calif. (US) | ||
| Assigned to Citicorp Developmemt Center, Inc., Cincinnati, Ohio (US) | ||
| Filed on Nov. 10, 2004, as Appl. No. 10/985,414. | ||
| Application 10/985414 is a continuation in part of application No. 10/657655, filed on Sep. 08, 2003, abandoned. | ||
| Claims priority of provisional application 60/408616, filed on Sep. 06, 2002. | ||
| Int. Cl. H04L 21/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 713—156 [713/158; 713/175; 726/10] | 41 Claims |
| 1. A method for utilizing a certificate as an access method to a host system from one of a plurality of access points, comprising:
creating and distributing a certificate for certificate-based authentication to each of a plurality of storage methods consisting
of a microcomputer of a smart card and at least one of a computer disk of a computing device disposed in a secure environment
and a Hardware Security Module (HSM) associated with a computing device;
managing the certificate over a life span of the certificate at least in part via a Lightweight Directory Assistance protocol
(LDAP) directory shared by a Certificate Authority (CA) and the host system; and
allowing access to the host system using the certificate for public key-based authentication to the host system.
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