公开(公告)号：US09967239B2

公开(公告)日：2018-05-08

申请号：US14992397

申请日：2016-01-11

Applicant: Certicom Corp.

Inventor： Daniel R. Brown

IPC: H04L29/06 ,  H04L9/32 ,  H04L9/08 ,  H04L9/30

CPC classification number: H04L63/045 ,  H04L9/0861 ,  H04L9/3066 ,  H04L9/321 ,  H04L9/3236 ,  H04L9/3247 ,  H04L9/3252 ,  H04L9/3263 ,  H04L63/0823

Abstract: The invention provides a method of verifiable generation of public keys. According to the method, a self-signed signature is first generated and then used as input to the generation of a pair of private and public keys. Verification of the signature proves that the keys are generated from a key generation process utilizing the signature. A certification authority can validate and verify a public key generated from a verifiable key generation process.