Management of certificates for mobile devices

摘要

One embodiment of the present disclosure provides a method that includes accessing, by a mobile device management system, a profile for a mobile device. The method also includes negotiating, by the mobile device management system, with a certificate authority to obtain a certificate for the mobile device. The negotiating with the certificate authority includes imitating the mobile device based on the profile. The negotiating with the certificate authority also includes, based at least on the imitation, transmitting one or more certificate enrollment messages to the certificate authority. The negotiating with the certificate authority further includes, based on the one or more messages, receiving, at the mobile device management system, the certificate for the mobile device. The method further includes transmitting the certificate to a control agent hosted on the mobile device for installation.

主权项

1. A method, comprising:
transmitting a certificate request to a certificate authority on behalf of a mobile device, wherein the certificate request is generated based at least in part on a data object associated with the mobile device; receiving a certificate for the mobile device in response to the certificate request; and transmitting the certificate to the mobile device based at least in part on a determination that the mobile device is authorized, wherein a mobile device management system transmits the certificate request to the certificate authority on behalf of the mobile device, and receives the certificate for the mobile device.