Patent ID: 6934393
Filing Date: 2005-08-23
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for third party recovery of encryption certificates in a Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) comprising: convincing a second enterprise official to designate an encryption certificate of a user as approved for recovery, the convincing performed by a first enterprise official, the first enterprise official desiring to recover the encryption certificate, the second enterprise official having authorization to designate the encryption certificate as approved for recovery; designating the encryption certificate as approved for recovery; convincing a third enterprise official to execute recovery of the encryption certificate, the convincing performed by the first enterprise official, the third enterprise official having authorization to execute recovery of the encryption certificate; recovering the encryption certificate by the third enterprise official; and providing the encryption certificate to the first enterprise official by the third enterprise official, wherein the first enterprise official, the second enterprise official, and the third enterprise official are members of an enterprise.