Patent ID: 11895227
Assignee: CLOUDFLARE, INC.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 15:
16. The first KMS server of claim 15, wherein the operations further comprise:
receiving, at the first intermediate KMS server, a plurality of managed keys;
receiving, at the first intermediate KMS server, a third KLS query from a second KMS client for determining an identity of one or more of a plurality of key management system (KMS) servers that are capable of performing a third operation with a third managed key;
determining the identity of one or more of the plurality of KMS servers that are capable of performing the third operation with the third managed key;
transmitting a third KLS response to the second KMS client that includes the identity of one or more of the plurality of KMS servers that are capable of performing the third operation with the third managed key, wherein the first intermediate KMS server is one of the one or more of the plurality of KMS servers that are capable of performing the third operation with the third managed key;
receiving, at the first intermediate KMS server from the second KMS client, a first KMS service request that requests the third operation with the third managed key;
performing, at the first intermediate KMS server, the third operation using the third managed key; and
transmitting, from the first intermediate KMS server to the second KMS client, a response to the first KMS service request that includes a result of the performed third operation using the third managed key.