US 11,722,477 B2
Automated renewal of certificates across a distributed computing security system
Luis Diogo Monteiro Duarte Couto, Cork (IE); Ciarán James Dorney, Cork (IE); Ralph Hans Depping, Cork (IE); Jordan Smith, Cork (IE); and Finbar O'Mahony, Cork (IE)
Assigned to FORCEPOINT LLC, Austin, TX (US)
Filed by Forcepoint LLC, Austin, TX (US)
Filed on Jan. 21, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/747,792.
Prior Publication US 2021/0226940 A1, Jul. 22, 2021
Int. Cl. H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04L 9/40 (2022.01); H04L 9/32 (2006.01)
CPC H04L 63/0823 (2013.01) [H04L 9/3263 (2013.01); H04L 63/0281 (2013.01); H04L 63/108 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for data processing, comprising:
a plurality of data processing systems, each associated with a user and having an anchor certificate;
a proxy system operating on a processor and configured to interact with each of the plurality of data processing systems to provide a firewall function to allow each of the plurality of data processing systems to access a public network, the proxy system further configured to determine whether an expiration associated with the anchor certificate for each data processing system is within a predetermined time of expiration as part of the firewall function, wherein the proxy system is configured to determine a validity of the anchor certificate for each data processing system, to automatically renew the anchor certificate for each data processing system, to replace a previous anchor certificate with the renewed anchor certificate after determining the validity of the anchor certificate and to provide a firewall function; and
a certificate expiration monitor operating on the processor and configured to generate a certificate signing request in response to the determination that the expiration associated with the anchor certificate for each data processing system is within the predetermined time of expiration.