AUTOMATIC CERTIFICATE ISSUANCE FOR SERVICES USING TLS PROTOCOLS

Abstract: the present technology pertains to automatically issuing a certificate for transport layer security (tls) communications. the technology includes receiving, by a gateway and from a service, a request for a signed certificate for use in signing a key pair to be used in encrypting communications between a client and the service. the gateway can determine a certificate authority from which to retrieve the signed certificate, and retrieve the signed certificate from the certificate authority. the gateway can send the signed certificate and the private key to the service to be installed by the service for use in securing communications with the client device using the tls protocol.

Inventor(s): Philip Darin Lowman, Mario Lopez, JR.

CPC Classification: H04L63/166 ({Implementing security features at a particular protocol layer})

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