Patent ID: 7512810
Filing Date: 2009-03-31
Classification: H04L,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: (a) receiving a request for access to a secured file, wherein the request is initiated by a requestor, and wherein the request is associated with a process associated with a computer system; (b) determining whether the process is a trusted process, wherein the determination is based on trust of the process and trust of an external destination of the process, wherein the external destination of the process is based on one or more of a destination address associated with the process and a current Universal Resource Locator (URL) associated with the process; (c) determining whether the requestor is permitted to access an unsecured version of the secured file; and (d) upon successful determination in steps (b) and (c), unsecuring the secured file to produce the unsecured version of the secured file, thereby permitting access to the unsecured version of the secured file.