Patent ID: 8117439
Filing Date: 2012-02-14
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method, comprising the steps of: a) a Validating Entity receiving on one or more server computers communicatively coupled to a network and operated by said Validating Entity a request for a secure certificate for a domain name from one or more client computers communicatively coupled to said network and operated by a Requestor, wherein said domain name having a domain zone and said domain zone contains one or more DNS records for said domain name on a DNS server computer, b) said Validating Entity issuing a Pass String to said Requestor, c) said Validating Entity providing an instructions to said Requestor, wherein said instructions contain one or more steps for entering said Pass String into said one or more DNS records in said domain zone for said domain name on said DNS server computer, d) said Validating Entity determining whether said Pass String is located within said domain zone, and e) said Validating Entity denying said secure certificate if said Pass String is not located within said domain zone, or issuing said secure certificate if said Pass String is located within said domain zone.