Patent ID: 7650496
Filing Date: 2010-01-19
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A set of computer readable media containing computer instructions for operating a certificate management and renewal system for automatically renewing digital certificates in a managed network, the set of computer readable media comprising at least one medium upon which is stored the computer instructions executable by a computing system to achieve the functions of: receiving notifications from a certificate authority regarding a managed digital certificate; identifying a managed server corresponding to a digital certificate referred to in a received notification from a certificate authority; communicating with the managed server, the communicating causing the managed server to generate a certificate signing request and return the request to the managing device; transmitting a generated and received certificate signing request to a certificate authority; receiving a certificate signed by a certificate authority generated from a certificate signing request; identifying a destination managed server corresponding to a received certificate signed by a certificate authority; installing a received certificate signed by a certificate authority to an identified destination managed server; and configuring an identified destination managed server to use a private key corresponding to an installed certificate.