METHOD AND DEVICE FOR RECEIVING CERTIFICATE Russian patent published in 2018 - IPC H04L9/32 H04L9/08 H04L12/28 

FIELD: information technology.

SUBSTANCE: device comprises a module (51) for receiving the submission message of certificate application sent by the reinstalled instance of a virtualized network function component (VNFC), which contains a public key used by the reinstalled VNFC instance for certificate application; a module (52) for sending the certificate request message to the certifying authority in accordance with the submission message of certificate application for certificate issuing to the reinstalled VNFC instance, which contains the certificate of the VNFC master instance and a public key used by the reinstalled VNFC instance for certificate application; and a module (53) for receiving a certificate issued by the certifying authority using a public key used by the reinstalled VNFC instance for certificate application.

EFFECT: increased network security and operation efficiency of the device for receiving a certificate.

15 cl, 11 dwg