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Date of Patent:
Jul. 28, 2015

Filed:

Oct. 17, 2012
Applicant:

Industrial Technology Research Institute, Hsinchu, TW;

Inventors:

Chih-Che Lin, New Taipei, TW;

Pei-Chuan Tsai, Hsinchu County, TW;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04L 9/32 (2006.01); G06F 7/04 (2006.01); G06F 17/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 9/3268 (2013.01); H04L 63/20 (2013.01); H04L 2209/16 (2013.01);
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.


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