Patent ID: 9667618
Date: 2017-05-30
CPC Classifications: H04L

Claim:
1. A method, comprising: providing, by a web hosting provider, an administrative interface for a hosted account, the hosted account being associated with a domain and a hosted website for the domain, the hosted website being hosted by the web hosting provider; authenticating a user to use the administrative interface, wherein authenticating the user includes receiving at least one of a password and a temporary token from the user; receiving, by the web hosting provider via the administrative interface and from the user, a request for a security certificate for the hosted website; generating, by the web hosting provider, a certificate signing request for the hosted website, the certificate signing request identifying the domain; determining, by the web hosting provider, an Internet protocol address for the hosted website of the domain; transmitting, by the web hosting provider, the certificate signing request and the Internet protocol address to a certificate authority, wherein the certificate authority and the web hosting provider have a pre-established trusted relationship; and receiving, by the web hosting provider, a response to the certificate signing request from the certificate authority.