US 6,983,368 B2 | ||
Linking public key of device to information during manufacture | ||
Lynn Henry Wheeler, Denver, Colo. (US); and Anne M. Wheeler, Denver, Colo. (US) | ||
Assigned to First Data Corporation, Greenwood Village, Colo. (US) | ||
Appl. No. 10/343,656 PCT Filed Aug. 06, 2001, PCT No. PCT/US01/24572 § 371(c)(1), (2), (4) Date Feb. 03, 2003, PCT Pub. No. WO02/13445, PCT Pub. Date Feb. 14, 2002. |
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Claims priority of provisional application 60/223076, filed on Aug. 04, 2000. | ||
Prior Publication US 2004/0030901 A1, Feb. 12, 2004 | ||
Int. Cl. H04L 9/00 (2006.01) |
U.S. Cl. 713—170 | 86 Claims |
1. A method of managing a database for reliably identifying a Security Profile of a device that generates digital signatures,
comprising the steps of:
(a) maintaining the database in a secure environment;
(b) recording in the database for each one of a plurality of devices manufactured in the secure environment,
(i) a public key of a public-private key pair of the manufactured device, and in association therewith,
(ii) a Security Profile of the manufactured device,
the public key and Security Profile thereby being securely linked together; and
(c) communicating a reference in a secure manner, the reference including the public key and Security Profile linked therewith
for at least one of the manufactured devices, wherein said communicating the reference in a secure manner comprises originating
a digital signature for a database record of a manufactured device maintained in the database and publishing the digital signature
and the database record.
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