Patent ID: 9183368
Filing Date: 2015-11-10
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method, comprising the steps of: a) a Validating Entity receiving, by one or more server computers communicatively coupled to a network and operated by said Validating Entity, a request for a validation of a control of a domain zone from one or more client computers communicatively coupled to said network and operated by a Requestor, wherein said domain zone contains one or more DNS records for a domain name on a DNS server computer, wherein said validation indicates whether said Requestor has the ability to modify said one or more DNS records for said domain name on said DNS server computer, b) said Validating Entity issuing, by said one or more server computers, a Pass String to said Requestor, c) said Validating Entity providing, by said one or more server computers, instructions to said Requestor via said one or more client computers, 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, and d) said Validating Entity determining whether said Pass String is located within said domain zone.