Patent ID: 11968315
Assignee: VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING INC.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  G | IPC G  H

Claim 9:
10. A system, comprising:
a first network device configured to execute a network function to:
receive, from a virtualization infrastructure manager (VIM), a certificate request token (CRT) for the network function, wherein the CRT is digitally signed by a management function and includes: a network address of a trust anchor platform for the network function, and a Certificate Attribute List (CAL) with customization parameters for the network function;
submit, to the trust anchor platform, a certificate signing request (CSR) and the CRT, wherein the CAL customization parameters supersede parameters in the CSR; and
receive, based on validation of the CSR and CRT, a digital certificate from the trust anchor platform, wherein the digital certificate includes limitations consistent with the CAL customization parameters.