Synchronized issuance of public X.509 digital certificates

摘要

A method includes receiving, from a certificate requestor: a request for a public key certificate and a list of a plurality of distribution addresses. The request may include a public key for the certificate requestor. The plurality of distribution addresses may belong to a plurality of third parties. The method further includes verifying an identity of the certificate requestor, and, in response to verifying the identity of the certificate requestor, retrieving a public key from the request for the public key certificate. The method may also include, in response to verifying the identity of the certificate requestor, generating the public key certificate and signing the public key certificate. The public key certificate may include the public key. The method may also include transmitting the signed public key certificate to the certificate requestor and the plurality of distribution addresses.