Robert William Dunlap

US Patent:

20210051028, Feb 18, 2021

Filed:

Aug 12, 2019

Appl. No.:

16/538621

Inventors:

- Santa Clara CA, US
Sreenevas Subramaniam - Dublin CA, US
Laxman Rao Tallury - Bengaluru, IN
Amit Dhuleshia - San Diego CA, US
Durgaprasad Chikmagalur Prabhudeva - Bangalore, IN
Venkata Phani Kumar Gudladona - Bangalore, IN
Gregory James Grisco - San Diego CA, US
Vishal Rao - Stoneham MA, US
Thanh Trac Phan - San Diego CA, US
Robert Jose Dunlap - Bonita CA, US
Barkha Bhatia - Milpitas CA, US
Jason Brian Ziccardi - San Diego CA, US

International Classification:

H04L 9/32
H04L 29/06

Abstract:

An embodiment includes executing a discovery pattern for the certificate authority, where the discovery pattern contains instructions for obtaining one or more digital certificates from the certificate authority; obtaining, from the certificate authority, a representation of a digital certificate acquired by a managed network from the certificate authority; storing, in a first set of mappings, a first new mapping between the certificate authority and the digital certificate; receiving, from a computing device disposed with the managed network, an indication that the digital certificate is installed on the computing device;, storing, in a second set of mappings, a second new mapping between the digital certificate and the computing device; determining that the digital certificate is expired; and storing, in a third set of mappings, a third new mapping between the digital certificate and a critical status indicator.