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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 05, 2013
Filed:
Jul. 26, 2002
Applicants:
Davide Libenzi, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Victor Kouznetsov, Aloha, OR (US);
Inventors:
Davide Libenzi, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Victor Kouznetsov, Aloha, OR (US);
Assignee:
McAfee, Inc., Sanata Clara, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 9/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A system, method and computer program product are provided for securely generating signatures. Initially received is a request to generate a signature at a secure server. Then, the signature is automatically generated at the secure server utilizing a private key stored at the secure server. The signature is then transmitted from the secure server. Such signature is capable of being used to verify an authenticity of an update (i.e. data and/or software) for a computer utilizing a public key.