Sicheres Kommunikationsnetzwerkprotokoll

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Veröffentlichungs-Nr.

EP4475484

Aktenzeichen

EP23212119

Anmeldetag

24. November 2023

Veröffentlichung

30. Juli 2025

Erteilung

30. Juli 2025

Rechtsraum

EP

IPC

H04L9/32H04L9/40H04L61/4511

Abstract

A computer-implemented method is disclosed for generating a digital signature for a participant entity (102, 104) of a secure communications network system comprising a central signing service (106) in a public network, the method performed by the central signing service, comprising: receiving (216) an endpoint signature request from the participant entity for an endpoint associated with the participant entity, the endpoint signature request comprising a domain name and an access token; validating (218) the access token and looking up the domain name in a data store of the central signing service; retrieving (220) a domain name system, DNS, signature of the participant entity; and validating (222) the DNS signature using a private key of the central signing service, where on successful validation of the DNS signature, the method further comprises the steps of: retrieving (226) a configuration of the endpoint; generating (230) an endpoint signature from the configuration; and sending the endpoint signature to the participant entity.

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Firma

Mastercard International Incorporated

Land

🇺🇸 USA

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