Electrical computers and digital processing systems: support – Multiple computer communication using cryptography – Central trusted authority provides computer authentication
Reexamination Certificate
2005-05-10
2005-05-10
Barrón, Gilberto (Department: 2132)
Electrical computers and digital processing systems: support
Multiple computer communication using cryptography
Central trusted authority provides computer authentication
C713S167000, C713S168000, C713S182000, C713S152000, C709S229000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06892300
ABSTRACT:
A secure end-to-end communications system provides end users access to vault-based custom applications of an organization for purposes of conducting electronic commerce. The system includes a web-based vault controller running an application, e.g. a registrations application in a vault cryptographically linked to a database and a Certificate Management System (CMS) for generating digital certificates, and at least one remote vault agent coupled to the vault controller for providing vault-based custom applications to end users. An X.500 directory is coupled to the CMS and cryptographically linked to the remote vault agents for storing end user data. The remote vault agent is an application which comprises a collection of Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) which provide a secure interface to the vault controller; a Lightweight Data Access Protocol (LDAP) used to access the X.500 directory; a secure depositor coupled to vault-based custom applications of an organization. The secure depositor includes APIs to perform cryptographic functions in passing communications between vaults used by the vault agent and vaults used by the vault controller or vaults used by other vault agent applications and a secure depositor library which uses functions in the LDAP to access the X.500 directory. The remote vault agent accesses the web based vault controller on a non-web basis to enable remote custom applications to communicate securely with vault-based applications, such as a registration application that administers digital certificates.
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Bacha Hamid
Briggs Robert
Carroll Robert B.
Barrón Gilberto
International Business Machines - Corporation
Otterstedt Paul J.
Zand Kambiz
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