Application specific certificate management
View Patent ↗Application specific certificate deployment may be provided. An application may generate a security certificate comprising a public key and a first private key. The public key may be stored in a shared segment of a memory store, from where it may be retrieved and signed. The signed public key may be re-deployed and/or used to transmit securely encrypted resources.
1. A method comprising:
transmitting a request to generate a security certificate;
determining whether the security certificate has been generated, wherein determining whether the security certificate has been generated comprises determining whether the security certificate has been stored in a memory cache associated with a first application, the memory cache comprising an insecure memory cache accessible by a plurality of applications;
in response to determining that the security certificate has been generated:
retrieving the security certificate,
authenticating the security certificate,
deploying the authenticated security certificate,
encrypting a plurality of resources according to the authenticated security certificate, and
transmitting the encrypted plurality of resources to at least one recipient of the deployed authenticated security certificate;
providing a second key certificate to the first application; and
retrieving a private key certificate from the memory cache, wherein the private key certificate is encrypted according to the second key certificate.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the security certificate stored in the memory cache comprises a public key certificate.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein deploying the authenticated security certificate comprises providing the authenticated security certificate to the first application.
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the request to generate the security certificate is transmitted in response to receiving a request to access at least one resource.
5. A system comprising:
a memory cache associated with a first application that is insecure and accessible by a plurality of applications; and
a processor, the memory cache and the processor being configured to:
transmit a request to generate a security certificate;
determine whether the security certificate has been generated, wherein determining whether the security certificate has been generated comprises determining whether the security certificate has been stored in the memory cache;
in response to determining that the security certificate has been generated:
retrieve the security certificate,
authenticate the security certificate,
deploy the authenticated security certificate,
encrypt a plurality of resources according to the authenticated security certificate, and
transmit the encrypted plurality of resources to at least one recipient of the deployed authenticated security certificate;
provide a second key certificate to the first application; and
retrieve a private key certificate from the memory cache, wherein the private key certificate is encrypted according to the second key certificate.
6. The system of claim 5 , wherein the security certificate stored in the memory cache comprises a public key certificate.
7. The system of claim 5 , wherein deploying the authenticated security certificate comprises providing the authenticated security certificate to the first application.
8. The system of claim 5 , wherein the request to generate the security certificate is transmitted in response to receiving a request to access at least one resource.
9. A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising instructions which, when executed by a processor:
transmit a request to generate a security certificate;
determine whether the security certificate has been generated, wherein determining whether the security certificate has been generated comprises determining whether the security certificate has been stored in a memory cache, the memory cache being associated with a first application that is insecure and accessible by a plurality of applications;
in response to determining that the security certificate has been generated:
retrieve the security certificate,
authenticate the security certificate,
deploy the authenticated security certificate,
encrypt a plurality of resources according to the authenticated security certificate, and
transmit the encrypted plurality of resources to at least one recipient of the deployed authenticated security certificate;
provide a second key certificate to the first application; and
retrieve a private key certificate from the memory cache, wherein the private key certificate is encrypted according to the second key certificate.
10. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 9 , wherein the security certificate stored in the memory cache comprises a public key certificate.
11. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 9 , wherein deploying the authenticated security certificate comprises providing the authenticated security certificate to the first application.
12. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 9 , wherein the request to generate the security certificate is transmitted in response to receiving a request to access at least one resource.