Continuing public key infrastructure operation while regenerating a new certification authority keypair and certificate
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Mar 2, 2006
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Aug 27, 2004
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Aug 27, 2004
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In accordance with one embodiment, continued PKI operation during regenerating a new Certification Authority (CA) keypair and certificate or the like is provided by a root Certification Authority preparing a second CA certificate responsive to a request from a subordinate certification authority. The root Certification Authority and the subordinate certification authority store copies of the second CA certificate for use when the current CA certificate expires. Accordingly, existing trust relationships among a plurality of certificate authorities may be maintained during regeneration, node addition or the like.
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