Patent ID: 8850208

Claim:
A method for generating a set of authentication certificates by a set of certificate authority devices, comprising: receiving, by the set of certificate authority devices, a set of certificate requests from a user device; generating, by the set of certificate authority devices, a set of crosschecked certificates, each crosschecked certificate of the set of crosschecked certificates being configured to cryptographically verify the remaining crosschecked certificate of the set of crosschecked certificates; and transmitting, by the set of certificate authority devices, the set of crosschecked certificates to the user device, the set of crosschecked certificates configured to be utilized by the user device in establishing a secured communication channel over a network between the user device and a client device; wherein receiving the set of certificate requests from the user device comprises receiving, by the set of certificate authority devices, the set of certificate requests from the user device, each certificate request of the set of certificate requests includes identification information that identifies a destination certificate authority device of the set of certificate authority devices for the certificate request and corresponding certificate checking authority device of the set of certificate authority devices, wherein receiving the set of certificate requests from the user device, each certificate request of the set of certificate requests including identification information comprises: receiving, by a first certificate authority of the set of certificate authorities, a first certificate request including identification information that identifies the first certificate authority as the destination certificate authority device for the first certificate request and that identifies the second certificate authority as the certificate checking authority; and receiving, by a second certificate authority of the set of certificate authorities, a second certificate request including identification information that identifies the second certificate authority as the destination certificate authority device for the second certificate request and identifies the first certificate authority as the certificate checking authority.