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Date of Patent:
Dec. 19, 2023

Filed:

Oct. 06, 2021
Applicant:

Vmware, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);

Inventors:

Eugene Liderman, Olney, MD (US);

Rahul Parwani, Atlanta, GA (US);

Kiran Rohankar, Atlanta, GA (US);

Keith Robertson, Johns Creek, GA (US);

Assignee:

VMWARE, INC., Palo Alto, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 9/40 (2022.01); H04L 9/32 (2006.01); G06F 9/54 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 63/0884 (2013.01); G06F 9/546 (2013.01); H04L 9/321 (2013.01); H04L 9/3236 (2013.01); H04L 9/3268 (2013.01); H04L 63/083 (2013.01); H04L 63/0823 (2013.01); G06F 2209/548 (2013.01);
Abstract

Disclosed are various embodiments for delegating authentication to certificate authorities. A connector service identifies a certificate request from a messenger service. The certificate request includes a credential identifier for a certificate authority. An authentication credential is retrieved using the credential identifier. A certificate request and the certificate authority authentication credential are transmitted to the certificate authority. A certificate is retrieved and provided as a response to the certificate request.


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