Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method and apparatus for synchronizing updates of authentication credentials
- Patent Title (中): 用于同步认证证书更新的方法和装置
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Application No.: US12163712Application Date: 2008-06-27
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Publication No.: US08413222B1Publication Date: 2013-04-02
- Inventor: Shaun Cooley , Brian Hernacki
- Applicant: Shaun Cooley , Brian Hernacki
- Applicant Address: US CA Mountain View
- Assignee: Symantec Corporation
- Current Assignee: Symantec Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Mountain View
- Agency: Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP
- Main IPC: G06F7/04
- IPC: G06F7/04 ; G06F15/16 ; G06F17/30 ; G06F21/00 ; H04L29/06

Abstract:
A method and apparatus for synchronously changing authentication credentials of a plurality of domains comprising detecting an authentication credential change event for a particular domain, where the authentication credential is being changed from a first credential to a second credential, determining whether the particular domain is within a domain group, and, if the particular domain is within the domain group, changing the authentication credential of at least one other domain in the domain group from the first credential to the second credential.
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