METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GENERATING A PROXY DIGITAL CERTIFICATE TO A GRID PORTAL IN DISTRIBUTED COMPUTING INFRASTRUCTURE BY DATA TRANSFER ACROSS A PUBLIC NETWORK

摘要

A method and system is disclosed for the issuance of a proxy digital certificate to a grid portal in distributed computing infrastructure through data transfer across a public network. More specifically, the invention concerns a method and a system for proxy digital certificate issuance from an end entity certificate to a grid portal of a distributed or grid computing infrastructure via a web browser, where the proxy digital certificate resides in a web server and the issuance of the proxy digital certificate may be applied on any web based application through a public network such as the Internet.