Patent ID: 6035402
Filing Date: 2000-03-07
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
Apparatus for certifying a transaction comprising:an interface to a network, said network interface comprising a firewall system;a storage device;an application processor adapted for accepting from said network interface a request for issuance of a certificate, for writing said certificate issuance request to said storage device, for accepting from said network interface a request for access to said certificate issuance request written on said storage device, for reading said certificate issuance request from said storage device, for communicating to said network interface for transmission to the source of said request for access to said certificate issuance request, for accepting from said network interface an approval of said certificate issuance request, for directing the generation of a certificate in accordance with said certificate issuance request and said approval, and for communicating to said network interface for transmission to the source of said certificate issuance request said generated certificate;a web server processor connected, along with said application processor, to said firewall system;each processor being a redundant pair of processors; andsaid storage device comprising portions to which data is written redundantly and independently.