US 12,470,407 B2
Enhanced transport layer security encryption certification management systems and methods
Matthew Maher, St. Charles, MO (US); George McFalls, Colorado Springs, CO (US); Michael Chan, Auburndale, FL (US); Craig Foucher, Flat Rock, MI (US); Darren Behmlander, White Lake, MI (US); and Michael Miller, West Bloomfield, MI (US)
Assigned to Level 3 Communications, LLC, Denver, CO (US)
Filed by Level 3 Communications, LLC, Broomfield, CO (US)
Filed on Nov. 13, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/507,547.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/383,890, filed on Nov. 15, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0163114 A1, May 16, 2024
Int. Cl. H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04L 9/32 (2006.01)
CPC H04L 9/3268 (2013.01) 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for installing a security certificate, the method comprising:
identifying, by at least one processor of a network provisioning abstraction layer (NPAL) of a network provisioning system, a digital certificate file received from a certificate management system (CMS);
identifying, by the at least one processor, a session boarder controller (SBC) that supports transport layer security (TLS);
uploading, by the at least one processor, the digital certificate file to the identified SBC;
converting, by the at least one processor, the digital certificate file to a remote certificate at the identified SBC;
enabling, by the at least one processor, the remote certificate at the identified SBC; and
sending, by the at least one processor, based on enabling the remote certificate at the identified SBC, a notification to the CMS indicating that the remote certificate has been installed at the identified SBC,
wherein the digital certificate file is associated with a request from a certificate management tool to install the remote certificate.