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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 27, 2007
Filed:
Jan. 27, 2000
Yair Frankel, Westfield, NJ (US);
Charles T. Montgomery, Saverna Park, MD (US);
Stuart Stubblebine, Lebanan, NJ (US);
Marcel M. Yung, New York, NY (US);
Yair Frankel, Westfield, NJ (US);
Charles T. Montgomery, Saverna Park, MD (US);
Stuart Stubblebine, Lebanan, NJ (US);
Marcel M. Yung, New York, NY (US);
Certco, Inc., New York, NY (US);
Abstract
In an infrastructure in which some of a plurality of entities provide cryptographically supported services, a method of registering a subscriber entity of a plurality of entities at a principal entity of a plurality of entities, the method comprising the subscriber entity requesting service from the principal entity by sending a request message to a registrar entity of the plurality of entities; the registrar entity verifying the subscriber entity and forwarding the request for service to the principal entity; the principal entity storing the forwarded request and transmitting an acknowledgement message to the registrar entity, the acknowledgement stating acceptance and authentication/authorization information that the subscriber entity requires for the requested service; and the registrar entity verifying the authenticity of the received acknowledgement message, and, if correct, forwarding the acknowledgement message to the subscriber entity.