CPC H04L 9/3268 (2013.01) [H04L 9/3247 (2013.01); H04L 63/166 (2013.01)] | 20 Claims |
1. A computer-implemented method for providing a self-contained certificate signing request (SC CSR), the method comprising:
determining an entity that requires a certificate, wherein the certificate identifies the entity to other entities;
binding an identity of a requestor to the SC CSR;
sending the SC CSR that is bound with the identity to one or more intermediaries which is passed along to a certificate authority (CA), wherein the CA performs a validation on the SC CSR that is bound with the identity to verify the identity and an authorization to receive certificates by the requestor; and
receiving the certificate from the CA.
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