Symantec Corporation

Digicert, Inc.

Marc Williams

Richard F Andrews

Quentin Liu

Kokil Bhalerao

A method of provisioning a first digital certificate and a second digital certificate based on an existing digital certificate includes receiving information related to the existing digital certificate. The existing digital certificate includes a first name listed in a Subject field and a second name listed in a SubjectAltName extension. The method also includes receiving an indication from a user to split the existing digital certificate and extracting the first name from the Subject field and the second name from the SubjectAltName extension of the existing digital certificate. The method further includes extracting the public key from the existing digital certificate, provisioning the first digital certificate with the first name listed in a Subject field of the first digital certificate and the public key, and provisioning the second digital certificate with the second name listed in a Subject field of the second digital certificate and the public key.

Provisioning multiple digital certificates

A method for forming a digital certificate includes receiving contact information associated with the digital certificate. The contact information includes at least a name, a mailing address, and an email address. The method also includes receiving billing information associated with the digital certificate and receiving a Certificate Signing Request (CSR) for the digital certificate. The method further includes receiving a first name for use in forming the digital certificate and receiving a second name for use in forming the digital certificate. Moreover, the method includes receiving an indication of a vendor of web server software, receiving an indication of a service period for the digital certificate, and forming the digital certificate. The first name is stored in a Subject field of the digital certificate and the second name is stored in the SubjectAltName extension of the digital certificate.

Combining multiple digital certificates

A method of combining digital certificates at a prescheduled time is provided. The method includes receiving, by a processor, data from a first certificate and data from a second certificate and determining a certificate combination date. The certificate combination date directs a combining of the first certificate and the second certificate to form a combined certificate. The method further includes detecting the occurrence of the certificate combination date and combining the first certificate and the second certificate to form the combined certificate in response to detecting the occurrence of the certificate combination date.

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Marc Williams