Method of manufacturing secure boxes in a key management system
CA 2173018 C · Owner: D'Ippolito, Frank M. · Inventors: Baker, Walter J.; Cordery, Robert A.; D'Ippolito, Frank M.
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A method of manufacturing a secure box in a Key Management System that includes a plurality of functionally distinct secure boxes initializes a first manufacturing box if one does not exist. The method creates in a manufacturing box at least one logical security domain including encryption keys needed to perform Key Management System processes within the domain, and provides a target secure box with the capability to perform at least one Key Management System function from a plurality of functions required by the Key Management System. The method authenticates the target secure box to the manufacturing box installs a, unique secure box identification in the target secure box, and creates at …
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- Filed March 29, 1996 and granted September 5, 2000. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended March 29, 2016.
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