Apparatus and methods for managing key material in heterogeneous cryptographic assets
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Aug 27, 2002
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Oct 21, 1999
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Apparatus and methods for remotely rekeying a cryptographic device are disclosed. A method according to the invention includes associating a preliminary certificate with the device, generating a device certificate associated with the device, determining whether a certificate stored in the device is the preliminary certificate associated with the device, and if the certificate stored in the device is the preliminary certificate associated with the device, then securely loading the device certificate into the device. Apparatus for remotely rekeying a cryptographic device includes a computer readable medium having stored thereon computer executable instructions for performing a method according to the invention.
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