SHORT DURATION DIGITAL CERTIFICATE ISSUANCE BASED ON LONG DURATION DIGITAL CERTIFICATE VALIDATION

摘要

A certificate authority service receives a request to issue a long duration digital certificate from an entity for validation purposes between the entity and the service. Upon issuance of the long duration digital certificate the entity submits a request to the service for issuance of a short duration digital certificate that includes a shorter validity period than the long duration digital certificate. The service may utilize the long duration digital certificate to validate the entity and upon validating the entity issues the short duration digital certificate to the entity. The entity may subsequently utilize the short duration digital certificate to enable a user client to authenticate the entity and securely communicate with the entity.