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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 08, 2018
Filed:
Jan. 11, 2016
Applicant:
Certicom Corp., Mississauga, CA;
Inventor:
Daniel R. Brown, Mississauga, CA;
Assignee:
Certicom Corp., Mississauga, Ontario, CA;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04L 9/32 (2006.01); H04L 9/08 (2006.01); H04L 9/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 63/045 (2013.01); H04L 9/0861 (2013.01); H04L 9/3066 (2013.01); H04L 9/321 (2013.01); H04L 9/3236 (2013.01); H04L 9/3247 (2013.01); H04L 9/3252 (2013.01); H04L 9/3263 (2013.01); H04L 63/0823 (2013.01);
Abstract
The invention provides a method of verifiable generation of public keys. According to the method, a self-signed signature is first generated and then used as input to the generation of a pair of private and public keys. Verification of the signature proves that the keys are generated from a key generation process utilizing the signature. A certification authority can validate and verify a public key generated from a verifiable key generation process.