Patent ID: 8468583

Claim:
A method comprising: receiving, by a processing device associated with a certificate authority (CA), a request from a client to purchase a plurality of certificates; receiving common contact information, payment information and a plurality of certificate signing requests from the client; generating the plurality of certificates by the processing device responsive to the request for the plurality of certificates, the generating comprising: generating a first certificate using the common contact information and a first cryptographic algorithm specified in a first certificate signing request of the plurality of certificate signing requests, wherein at least a portion of the common contact information is embodied in the first certificate; and generating a second certificate using the common contact information and a second cryptographic algorithm specified in a second certificate signing request of the plurality of certificate signing requests, wherein at least a portion of the common contact information is embodied in the second certificate; and transmitting the plurality of certificates to the client; wherein the receiving of the request and the transmitting of the plurality of certificates are performed during a single enrollment process.