Patent ID: 9130962
Filing Date: 2015-09-08
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A machine implemented method for calculating reputational scores concerning domain registrars, the method comprising the steps of: maintaining, by a computer, reputational scores for a plurality of domain registrars; maintaining, by a computer, a list of known undesirable domains; for each undesirable domain on the list, determining, by a computer, a domain registrar that hosts that domain; adjusting, by a computer, a reputational score concerning that domain registrar based on the hosting of the undesirable domain, the reputational score based on an evaluation of a registration process and an average risk of all domains of the domain registrar; making, by a computer, reputational scores concerning domain registrars available to at least one party that accesses domains; detecting, by a computer, an attempt by a user to access external sites; responsive to the detecting step, examining, by a computer, a reputational score concerning a domain registrar hosting an external site the user is attempting to access; and utilizing, by a computer, the reputational score concerning the domain registrar as at least one factor in determining at least one security step to apply to the access attempt, the at least one security step being more stringent for a first access of an external site than for a non-first access.