Communicating trust models to relying parties

摘要

Methods, apparatus and articles of manufacture for communicating trust models to relying parties are provided herein. A method includes receiving a first item of cryptographic information from a first entity, wherein said first item of cryptographic information is derived from a second item of cryptographic information provided by an authentication source; receiving a request for access to the first item of cryptographic information from a second entity, wherein the request comprises the second item of cryptographic information; and providing identification information associated with the first item of cryptographic information to the second entity in response to said request.

主权项

1. A method comprising:
receiving a first item of cryptographic information from a first entity, wherein said first item of cryptographic information comprises a particular trust model, from a collection of existing trust models, associated with a second item of cryptographic information provided by an authentication source, and wherein said second item of cryptographic information comprises a certificate; receiving a request for access to the first item of cryptographic information from a second entity, wherein the request comprises the second item of cryptographic information; and providing identification information associated with the first item of cryptographic information to the second entity in response to said request for use in identifying the particular trust model to be used in validating the certificate; wherein at least one of said receiving the first item of cryptographic information, said receiving a request, and said providing is carried out by a computing device.