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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 24, 2015
Filed:
Jul. 03, 2012
Terry W. Niemeyer, Austin, TX (US);
Terry W. Niemeyer, Austin, TX (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method and data processing system for managing security certificates in a data processing environment is disclosed. A computer identifies a security certificate associated with a management interface of a device in the data processing environment. The computer determines whether the security certificate was issued by a certificate authority that is trusted. In response to determining that the security certificate was not issued by the certificate authority, the computer identifies the security certificate as invalid. Subsequent to identifying the security certificate as invalid, the computer determines if a service exists in the data processing environment that includes a feature for sending information about critical events associated with the data processing environment. Responsive to determining that the service with the feature exists in the data processing environment, the computer generates a certificate-signing request for the management interface of the device and sends the certificate-signing request via the feature in the service.