Patents by Inventor Ashish LUTHRA

Ashish LUTHRA has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Domain name management with network entity authentication using self-signed certificates
    Patent number: 11546319
    Abstract: A method for using a self-signed digital certificate for establishing a secure connection between an Extensible Provisioning Protocol (EPP) client and a server on a communications network, including: receiving a communicated self-signed certificate from the EPP client; obtaining a unique identifier of the EPP client, the unique identifier associated with a domain name stored in a Domain Name System (DNS); using the unique identifier to access a designated DNS record in a DNS zone of the DNS associated with the domain name; retrieving the copy of the digital certificate from the designated DNS record, the copy of the digital certificate containing a public key of the EPP client bound to the domain name; authenticating the copy of the digital certificate with the communicated self-signed certificate; and receiving a generated session key from the EPP client to establish the secure connection over the communications network with the EPP client.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: AFILIAS LIMITED
    Inventors: James Galvin, Ashish Luthra, Michael Runcieman
  • DOMAIN NAME MANAGEMENT WITH NETWORK ENTITY AUTHENTICATION USING SELF-SIGNED CERTIFICATES
    Publication number: 20220210147
    Abstract: A method for using a self-signed digital certificate for establishing a secure connection between an Extensible Provisioning Protocol (EPP) client and a server on a communications network, including: receiving a communicated self-signed certificate from the EPP client; obtaining a unique identifier of the EPP client, the unique identifier associated with a domain name stored in a Domain Name System (DNS); using the unique identifier to access a designated DNS record in a DNS zone of the DNS associated with the domain name; retrieving the copy of the digital certificate from the designated DNS record, the copy of the digital certificate containing a public key of the EPP client bound to the domain name; authenticating the copy of the digital certificate with the communicated self-signed certificate; and receiving a generated session key from the EPP client to establish the secure connection over the communications network with the EPP client.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2020
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Inventors: James GALVIN, Ashish LUTHRA, Michael RUNCIEMAN