Patent ID: 8464045

Claim:
A distributed digital certificate validation method between a host and a client connectable in communication with the host, the method comprising: making a first connection with the host by the client to establish data communication with the host; sending to the host a request for a digital certificate validation result by the client; importing from the host a file containing at least the requested digital certificate validation result by the client; storing the imported file in a local storage device accessible to the client for later retrieval of at least the requested digital certificate validation result from the local storage device by the client; querying the local storage device to retrieve the requested digital certificate validation result in response to a need by the client to validate the certificate when the host is not connected to the client, wherein the communication connection between the host and the client is disconnected after the file has been transmitted from the host to the client; and wherein another communication connection is established between the host and the client after elapse of at least a predetermined time period since making the last connection with the host was made.