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- Patent Title: Cryptographic material renewal
- Patent Title (中): 加密材料更新
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Application No.: US14520168Application Date: 2014-10-21
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Publication No.: US09552485B1Publication Date: 2017-01-24
- Inventor: Todd Lawrence Cignetti , Andrew Jeffrey Doane , Stefan Popoveniuc , Matthew Allen Estes , Alexander Edward Schoof , Robert Eric Fitzgerald , Peter Zachary Bowen
- Applicant: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US WA Seattle
- Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US WA Seattle
- Agency: Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
- Main IPC: H04L29/06
- IPC: H04L29/06 ; G06F21/60 ; H04L9/32

Abstract:
A method and apparatus for renewing cryptographic material are disclosed. In the method and apparatus a cryptographic material renewal entity of a computing resource service provider detects that cryptographic material stored by a secure module is to be renewed. Renewing the cryptographic material may include rekeying a private key associated with a certificate. Further, a digital certificate may be renewed, and the renewed certificate may be provided for use by the computing resource. The cryptographic material is used to fulfill requests made by a computing resource provisioned by the computing resource service provider for a customer. The renewed cryptographic material is provided to the secure module, whereby the renewed cryptographic material is used by the secure module to fulfill further requests made by the computing resource.
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