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Date of Patent:
Dec. 24, 2024

Filed:

Jun. 07, 2021
Applicant:

Digicert, Inc., Lehi, UT (US);

Inventors:

Michael Klieman, Belmont, CA (US);

Jessica Crewse, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Gautam Kanaparthi, Mountain View, CA (US);

Assignee:

DigiCert, Inc., Lehi, UT (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 9/40 (2022.01); G06F 21/33 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0251 (2023.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 63/0823 (2013.01); G06F 21/33 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0258 (2013.01); G06F 2221/2117 (2013.01);
Abstract

Techniques are disclosed for identifying and authenticating prospective certificate authority customers of a secure socket layer (SSL) certificate prior to receiving an order from the customer. The CA generates a list of prospective customers of digital certificates (e.g., by scanning networked servers via the Internet for the presence of an installed digital certificate). The CA retrieves data for each customer on the list and determines, based on a set of approval criteria, which prospective customers to target in enrollment campaigns. For each approved customer, the CA initiates an enrollment process prior to receiving a request from the customer to provide a certificate.


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