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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 12, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 16, 2009
Quentin Liu, San Jose, CA (US);
Marc Williams, San Jose, CA (US);
Richard F. Andrews, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Quentin Liu, San Jose, CA (US);
Marc Williams, San Jose, CA (US);
Richard F. Andrews, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Symantec Corporation, Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
A method for forming a digital certificate includes receiving contact information associated with the digital certificate. The contact information includes at least a name, a mailing address, and an email address. The method also includes receiving billing information associated with the digital certificate and receiving a Certificate Signing Request (CSR) for the digital certificate. The method further includes receiving a first name for use in forming the digital certificate and receiving a second name for use in forming the digital certificate. Moreover, the method includes receiving an indication of a vendor of web server software, receiving an indication of a service period for the digital certificate, and forming the digital certificate. The first name is stored in a Subject field of the digital certificate and the second name is stored in the SubjectAltName extension of the digital certificate.