Patent ID: 7702899
Filing Date: 2010-04-20
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A computer-readable data storage medium storing sequences of instructions which when executed by one or more processors cause the one or more processors to perform: receiving a first security certificate associated with a server, and storing the first security certificate in a location accessible to a client of the server; updating the first security certificate in the location accessible to the client when the first security certificate is changed or revoked; receiving a second security certificate from the server when identity of the server needs to be verified; without parsing or interpreting any data structures in the first security certificate or the second security certificate, comparing in memory a binary representation of the entire second security certificate to a binary representation of the entire first security certificate without parsing of data fields contained within either the first or second security certificates; confirming the server's identity only when the comparing results in the second security certificate matching the first security certificate for the server.