FIELD: security facilities.
SUBSTANCE: invention relates to means for obtaining a certificate. Method for obtaining the certificate contains: receiving by the virtualized network function manager (VNFM) a message about the proxy application of the certificate, sent by the virtualized infrastructure manager (VIM) in the structure of the virtualized network function VNF, wherein the message about the proxy application of the certificate contains a VNF instance that requests the certificate application, and the certificate application information used by the VNF instance to apply the certificate; sending a message via the VNFM on the certificate application to the certifying authority (CA), wherein the certificate application message contains certificate application information used by the VNF instance to apply the certificate; and reception, by means of the VNFM, the certificate issued by the CA, and sending the certificate to the VIM, the certificate being generated by the CA in accordance with the information on the certificate application.
EFFECT: technical result is to ensure the security of the service channel.
16 cl, 13 dwg
