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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 04, 2025
Filed:
Jan. 26, 2023
Lacework, Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Theron Tock, Mountain View, CA (US);
Vimalkumar Jeyakumar, Los Altos, CA (US);
Harish Kumar Bharat Singh, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Ying Xie, Cupertino, CA (US);
Vikram Kapoor, Cupertino, CA (US);
Yijou Chen, Cupertino, CA (US);
Fortinet, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
Handling of certificates by intermediate actors, including: receiving, by a proxy and from a client, a client certificate and a first private key; generating, by the proxy and based on the client certificate and the first private key, an intermediate certificate; generating, by the proxy and in response to a request from the client to connect to a destination, an alternate certificate for the destination; and providing, to the client, a certificate chain comprising the alternate certificate, the intermediate certificate, and the client certificate.