Patent ID: 7209563

Claim:
A process for creating and managing pairs of asymmetrical cryptographic keys and associated certificates, each pair of asymmetrical cryptographic keys being intended for a user managed by a computer system, said process comprising: searching in storage means for at least one user for which a pair of asymmetric keys and an associated certificate must be created, each user associated with a status associated with one or more attributes, wherein each of said one or more attributes is capable of having any one of the following values: pending, in progress, process ended with an error message, process done, sending a creation request, and done; creating, based on said one or more attributes, at least one first individual creation and certification request for a pair of asymmetric keys for said user; transmitting a key generation request corresponding to said at least one first individual creation and certification request to a key generating center configured to issue a pair of asymmetric keys in accordance with said key generation request; creating a public key for said user; creating at least one second individual certification request for said public key; transmitting a certification authority request corresponding to said at least one second individual certification request to a certification authority and issuing a first certificate in accordance with said certification authority request; and wherein said at least one first individual creation and certification request and said at least one second individual certification request are created from corresponding multiple creation and certification requests stored in said storage means relative to a set of users belonging to a preset list, or to a set of users defined by predetermined criteria, as well as relative to model pairs of keys and associated model certificates for either of said sets of users.