Patent ID: 8176542
Filing Date: 2012-05-08
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. One or more computer-readable storage media comprising instructions that, responsive to being executed by a computing system, cause the computing system to provide an Internet browser to: connect to an Internet server at a particular Internet domain; retrieve a certificate, that is usable to authenticate the Internet server, from a predetermined location on the Internet server, wherein the certificate indicates one or more authorized Internet domains and a name of an entity authorized to operate from the one or more authorized Internet domains; qualify the Internet server based on whether: the particular Internet domain is indicated as an authorized Internet domain by the certificate, and Internet content is accompanied by one or more digital signatures that are valid based on the name of the entity authorized to operate from the one or more authorized Internet domains; and subsequently communicate with the Internet server without encryption, after the certificate is retrieved, when: the particular Internet domain is authorized in the certificate, the Internet content is associated with the name of the entity, and the one or more digital signatures are valid for the certificate, the certificate being retrieved before the Internet content is communicated.