Patent ID: 8046585
Filing Date: 2011-10-25
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method comprising: submitting, by a client computing device, a user query pertaining to an attribute from a Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) repository entry, the query indicating a request for an attribute certificate to be generated for the attribute, the attribute being one of a plurality of attributes of the LDAP repository entry; in response to the user query, receiving, by the client computing device, a message including an attribute value of the attribute of the LDAP repository entry and the attribute certificate comprising a digital signature generated in response to the user query to permit authentication of the attribute value of the attribute of the LDAP repository entry; and verifying, by the client computing device, that the received digital signature generated in response to the user query authenticates the attribute value of the attribute of the LDAP repository entry, wherein verifying the digital signature comprises: