A method of providing for reliably identifying a Security Profile of a device
that
generates digital signatures includes (a) for each of a plurality of devices manufactured
in a secure environment, recording together the public key with a Security Profile
of the manufactured device and generating a digital signature therefor to collectively
define a Security Certificate, the public key and Security Profile thereby being
securely linked together, and (b) before each manufactured device is released from
the secure environment, incorporating its respective Security Certificate into
the manufactured device such that the Security Certificate is sent with a digital
signature that is generated by the manufactured device using the private key.
