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Date of Patent:
Sep. 03, 2024

Filed:

Jan. 21, 2022
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Simon Paul Brooks, Napa, CA (US);

Stephen Louis Turner, Atlanta, GA (US);

Daniel Ochoa, Colorado Springs, CO (US);

Assignee:

VMware LLC, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/00 (2013.01); G06F 21/54 (2013.01); H04L 9/40 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 63/0823 (2013.01); G06F 21/54 (2013.01); G06F 2221/033 (2013.01);
Abstract

Disclosed are various approaches for secure inter-application communication with unmanaged applications using certificate enrollment. A certificate signing request can be received from an unmanaged application via an inter-application communication method supported by an operating system of a computing device, and an identity of the unmanaged application can be verified. The certificate signing request can be provided to a certifying authority, and a certificate can be received from the certifying authority. The certificate can be provided to the unmanaged application.


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