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Date of Patent:
Oct. 27, 2020

Filed:

Aug. 13, 2019
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Karunakar Bojjireddy, Apex, NC (US);

Sreekanth Ramakrishna Iyer, Bangalore, IN;

Sudheesh S. Kairali, Kozhikode, IN;

Vijay Kalangumvathakkal, Pathanamthitta, IN;

Nataraj Nagaratnam, Cary, NC (US);

Gal Shachor, Yokneam, IL;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 9/32 (2006.01); H04L 9/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 9/3268 (2013.01); H04L 9/083 (2013.01); H04L 9/3271 (2013.01);
Abstract

A computer-implemented method for distributing digital certificates. A request for a digital certificate is received from a requesting system. A deployment challenge is sent to the trust agent running on the requesting system. A response to the deployment challenge is received from the trust agent running on the requesting system. The response to the deployment challenge is evaluated to determine whether the response is correct. The digital certificate is distributed to the requesting system in response to a determination that the response to the deployment challenge is correct.


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