Patent ID: 9419805
Filing Date: 2016-08-16
CPC Classification: H04L

Claim Text:
1. A method comprising: receiving, by a first server computer, a command from a second server computer to update revocation data; generating, using computing resources of the first server computer separate from computing resources of the second server computer, updated revocation data in view of the command; generating, using the computing resources of the first server computer separate from computing resources of the second server computer, a certificate revocation list (CRL) in view of the updated revocation data; receiving a status request regarding the first server computer; transmitting a response for the status request, the response comprising data indicating whether the first server computer is not busy, a scheduled time for generating the CRL, an amount of time to generate the CRL and a time the CRL is last generated; receiving, by the first server computer, a command to override the scheduled time for generating the CRL in view of the response; providing, by the first server computer, the CRL to the second server computer to update certificate records stored in a data store that is coupled to the second server computer, wherein the update is to cause at least one of: a digital certificate to be generated in view of the CRL, the digital certificate to be issued, or the CRL to be published; receiving, by the first server computer, a command to update configuration data for the CRL stored in a cache memory that is separate from the second server computer, wherein the configuration data comprising a schedule to generate the CRL; and providing a status update comprising a time the cache memory is last updated.