Method of handling a certification request

摘要

In a certification request, a user device includes an object identifier. When a certification authority generates an identity certificate responsive to receiving the certification request, the certification authority includes the object identifier, thereby allowing improved management of the identity certificate at the user device and elsewhere.

主权项

1. A method comprising:
receiving a request for an identity certificate, the request specifying a public cryptographic key; receiving additional information related to the request; storing, in memory, the additional information; transmitting, to a certificate authority, the request; and transmitting, to a mail server, an instruction to activate identity certificate handling, wherein the mail server receives an incoming e-mail message and inspects the incoming e-mail message to determine whether the incoming e-mail message has an identity certificate attached.