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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 28, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 28, 2017
Applicant:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Inventors:
Arun Mehta, San Ramon, CA (US);
Gowtham Ranganath, San Ramon, CA (US);
Leo Chu, San Ramon, CA (US);
Atul Kshirsagar, San Ramon, CA (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 9/32 (2006.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 9/3268 (2013.01); H04L 63/0853 (2013.01); H04L 63/10 (2013.01);
Abstract
A request is received from a requestor for security credentials. An initial credential authority is selected based upon a first predetermined criteria. When the initial credentials authority is not available, a back-up credentials authority is chosen based upon a second predetermined criteria. The security credentials are obtained from the back-up certificate authority. The security credentials are transmitted to the requestor.