Digital certificate issuer-correlated digital signature verification

US8959337B2 · US · B2

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Publication numberUS-8959337-B2
Application numberUS-201213532155-A
CountryUS
Kind codeB2
Filing dateJun 25, 2012
Priority dateJun 25, 2012
Publication dateFeb 17, 2015
Grant dateFeb 17, 2015

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A message including a digital signature is received at a processor. It is determined whether a specific authorized certificate issuer is configured for a message originator within a data protection policy. In response to determining that the specific authorized certificate issuer is configured for the message originator within the data protection policy, it is determined whether a message originator certificate used to generate the digital signature is issued by the configured specific authorized certificate issuer.

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What is claimed is: 1. A system, comprising: a memory configured to store a data protection policy, where the data protection policy comprises one of a system-wide data protection policy and a target queue-level data protection policy, and if the data protection policy comprises the target queue-level data protection policy and a separate system-wide data protection policy is also specified, then the target queue-level data protection policy takes precedence over the separate syst…

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What does patent US8959337B2 cover?
A message including a digital signature is received at a processor. It is determined whether a specific authorized certificate issuer is configured for a message originator within a data protection policy. In response to determining that the specific authorized certificate issuer is configured for the message originator within the data protection policy, it is determined whether a message origi…
Who is the assignee on this patent?
Dixon Bret W, Rumsey Jonathan L, IBM
What technology area does this patent fall under?
Primary CPC classification H04L9/3263. Mapped technology areas include Electricity.
When was this patent published?
Publication date Tue Feb 17 2015 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
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