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Date of Patent:
Dec. 04, 2012

Filed:

Dec. 22, 2009
Applicants:

Ananth Ignaci, Lake In The Hills, IL (US);

Adam C. Lewis, Buffalo Grove, IL (US);

Anthony R. Metke, Naperville, IL (US);

Inventors:

Ananth Ignaci, Lake In The Hills, IL (US);

Adam C. Lewis, Buffalo Grove, IL (US);

Anthony R. Metke, Naperville, IL (US);

Assignee:

Motorola Solutions, Inc., Schaumburg, IL (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 29/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
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.


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