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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 28, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 17, 2012
Industrial Technology Research Institute, Hsinchu, TW;
Chih-Che Lin, New Taipei, TW;
Pei-Chuan Tsai, Hsinchu County, TW;
Industrial Technology Research Institute, Hsinchu, TW;
Abstract
A method for adjusting the frequency of updating certificate revocation list is provided. The method is used in a certificate authority. The method includes: receiving a first information indicating security levels from neighbor certificate authorities in a neighborhood or a central certificate authority; detecting whether the certificate authority has received a signal indicating that a user is using a revoked certificate and generating a second information of a security level; calculating an index value or a set of index values by the first information indicating the security levels of neighborhoods and the second information indicating its own security level; and adjusting the update frequency of updating the certificate revocation list according to the calculated index values or the set of index values.