Certificate Synchronization Application for Automated Chain Establishment
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Solution Overview
Problem
Manual searching for certificates in organizations is inconvenient and time-consuming, especially for mobile devices, when communicating with individuals from other organizations, as it requires querying certificate servers for CA and cross-certificates to establish trust and authenticity.
Innovation Solution
A certificate synchronization application automates the process of searching and retrieving CA and cross-certificates from certificate servers, storing them on a user's device, and downloading related certificates to facilitate secure communication across organizations.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If manual searching for certificates is performed, then users can retrieve specific certificates, but the process is inconvenient and time-consuming
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by automatically searching for and downloading CA certificates and cross-certificates before they are needed. The certificate synchronization application queries certificate servers in advance and stores the certificates locally, so when a user needs to communicate with someone from another organization, the necessary certificates are already available on the device without requiring manual search at the moment of need.
2Ease of operation
If manual certificate search is performed on mobile devices, then users can access certificates, but the process becomes particularly cumbersome
Solution Approach 1:
The certificate synchronization application provides self-service functionality by automatically managing the certificate retrieval process without requiring user intervention. The application autonomously queries certificate servers, downloads CA and cross-certificates, and stores them on the mobile device. This eliminates the need for users to manually navigate complex search forms or understand the underlying certificate hierarchy, significantly simplifying the user experience on mobile devices.
3Reliability
If multiple certificates are retrieved manually, then users can establish trust chains, but the process becomes time-consuming
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by automatically searching for and downloading CA certificates and cross-certificates before they are needed. The certificate synchronization application queries certificate servers in advance and stores the certificates locally, so when a user needs to communicate with someone from another organization, the necessary certificates are already available on the device without requiring manual search at the moment of need.
Solution Approach 2:
The certificate synchronization application operates continuously in the background, maintaining an up-to-date local copy of CA and cross-certificates from multiple certificate servers. This continuous operation ensures that when certificate verification is needed, the entire certificate chain can be immediately accessed without interruption or manual intervention, significantly improving productivity while maintaining reliability.
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AI summary
A system and method for searching and retrieving certificates, which may be used in the processing of encoded messages. In one embodiment, a certificate synchronization application is programmed to perform certificate searches by querying one or more certificate servers for all certificate authority (CA) certificates and cross-certificates on the certificate servers. In another embodiment, all certificates related to an identified certificate are retrieved from the certificate servers automatically by the certificate synchronization application, where the related certificates comprise at least one of one or more CA certificates and one or more cross-certificates. Embodiments of the invention facilitate at least partial automation of the downloading and establishment of certificate chains, thereby minimizing the need for users to manually search for individual certificates.