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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 04, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 22, 2009
Ananth Ignaci, Lake In The Hills, IL (US);
Adam C. Lewis, Buffalo Grove, IL (US);
Anthony R. Metke, Naperville, IL (US);
Ananth Ignaci, Lake In The Hills, IL (US);
Adam C. Lewis, Buffalo Grove, IL (US);
Anthony R. Metke, Naperville, IL (US);
Motorola Solutions, Inc., Schaumburg, IL (US);
Abstract
A certificate authority selection unit implements a method for selecting one of a plurality of certificate authorities servicing a plurality of administrative domains in a communication system. The method includes: receiving, from an end-entity via an interface, a certificate service request associated with an identifier; selecting, based on the identifier, one of the plurality of administrative domains in the communication system, wherein the plurality of administrative domains are serviced by a plurality of certificate authorities; retrieving a security profile for the end-entity; and selecting, based on the security profile for the end-entity, one of the plurality of certificate authorities to process the certificate service request.