US 11,936,641 B2
Remote certificate authority management
Jonathan Proch, Independence, OH (US); Edward Shorter, Munroe Falls, OH (US); and Rex Edward Wheeler, Portland, OR (US)
Assigned to Keyfactor, Inc., Independence, OH (US)
Filed by KeyFactor, Inc., Independence, OH (US)
Filed on Nov. 17, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/528,353.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/131,085, filed on Dec. 28, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0210148 A1, Jun. 30, 2022
Int. Cl. H04L 9/40 (2022.01); G06F 9/48 (2006.01); H04L 67/1097 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 63/0823 (2013.01) [G06F 9/4843 (2013.01); H04L 63/20 (2013.01); H04L 67/1097 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:
receiving, by a remote certificate authority (CA) gateway core from a certificate lifecycle management (CLM) application installed on a user device, a task request specifying a requested task and an identifier specifying a location for task execution;
determining, by a task pickup interface on a remote CA gateway plug-in module and based on the task request, that the requested task and the location for the task execution for the requested task are at an on-premises CA device;
in response to determining that the requested task and the location of the task execution are at the on-premises CA device, storing, in a data storage device on the remote CA gateway plug-in module, a request task data entry that links the task request to the location for the task execution;
providing, from the remote CA gateway plug-in module, a notification to an on-premises CA gateway, wherein the remote CA gateway plug-in module maintains a constant communication connection with the on-premises CA gateway via a persistent client-initiated communication protocol; and
in response to the notification, providing, from the on-premises CA gateway to the on-premises CA device, the requested task for the task execution.