Patent ID: 7761467
Filing Date: 2010-07-20
Classification: G06Q,H04L

Abstract:
1. A system comprising: a plurality of certificate authorities (CAs) in which each CA maintains and distributes digital certificates revoked by itself in the form of a certificate revocation list (CRL), and different CAs may use different CRL distribution mechanisms; multiple CRL retrieval agents configured to periodically retrieve CRLs at time intervals from different CAs based on the CRL distribution mechanisms of CAs; a plurality of CRL databases for storing the consolidated CRLs from the multiple CRL retrieval agents and/or the replications of CRLs, the CRL databases storing at least one individually identifiable revoked digital certificate; and a CRL access user interface for providing a uniform set of Application Program Interfaces for users accessing the CRLs in the CRL database, said system enabling consolidation and access of the certificate revocation lists (CRLs) from the plurality of certificate authorities (CAs).