Methods and system for managing security keys within a...

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2011-04-19

2011-04-19

Vu, Kimyen (Department: 2435)

Cryptography

Key management

C380S282000, C380S270000, C713S150000, C713S168000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07929703

ABSTRACT:
A system for managing security keys in a wireless network includes a manufacturer certification authority (MCA) for providing a signed digital MCA certificate for installation into a new network element (NE) at the manufacturer's facility prior to the new NE being installed and initialized in the network. The MCA also provides a source of trusted authority for authenticating legacy NEs in the network. The system includes a service provider certification authority for managing certificates and files used by the NEs to communicate securely within the network, a signing server for providing signing services to NEs for authentication, an element manager for providing security key and digital certificate management, and a management agent (MA) for providing proxy functionality of the EM security key services to NEs not directly connected to the EM.

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