Patent ID: 9270684
Filing Date: 2016-02-23
CPC Classification: H04L

Claim Text:
1. A method implemented by an information handling system to verify a network address, the method comprising: receiving, from a domain name service (DNS) a network address based on a requested uniform resource locator (URL) that corresponds to a requested domain; retrieving, from a data store accessible from the information handling system, a set of one or more network addresses previously established as corresponding to the requested domain; automatically connecting the information handling system to the network address in response to the received network address matching one of the set of one or more retrieved network addresses; prompting a user of the information handling system for a trust reply in response to the received network address failing to match one of the set of one or more retrieved network addresses; receiving the trust reply from the user: refraining from connecting the information handling system to the network address in response to the trust reply failing to indicate that the user trusts the received network address as corresponding to the requested domain; and in response to the trust reply indicating that the user trusts the received network address as corresponding to the requested domain: