A method and system for distributed certificate management in an ad-hoc network including a plurality of nodes, the method includes making a certificate revocation list (CRL), distributing the CRL among the plurality of nodes, receiving portions of the distributed CRL from a predetermined number of nodes,...http://www.google.com/patents/US20050053045?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US20050053045 - Method and system for distributed certificate management in ad-hoc networks