Patent ID: 8392702
Filing Date: 2013-03-05
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A system for token-based management of a PKI personalization process comprising: a token request and management system (TRMS) configured to gather request information from a requester; options for selecting said request information being limited by an identity and a location of the requester; said request information comprising a location based trust domain, PKI data type, and a workstation identifier; a token personalization system (TPS) configured to personalize a hardware token such that usage of said hardware token is constrained by said request information; a workstation corresponding to said workstation identifier being configured to receive said hardware token and using credentials contained within said hardware token to request PKI data from a PKI server, said workstation personalizing a manufactured product with said PKI data; wherein said PKI server compares credential information supplied by said hardware token to an access control list, said access control list comprising a list of workstations authorized to download said PKI data type; a token monitor server (TMS), said TMS monitoring actual usage of said hardware token, said TMS maintaining a global active connection list and a global blacklist of tokens that have been suspended or revoked; wherein connections requested by workstations using credentials of a hardware token that has been suspended or revoked are rejected.