Patent ID: 7748047
Filing Date: 2010-06-29
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: maintaining, in a storage device of a server, network address information associated with a network resource user; receiving, at the server, a request to authenticate the network resource user, the request including a network address identifier; authenticating, by the server, the network resource user based on the network address information and the network address identifier; sending, by the server and based on the authenticating, a response to the request, the response indicating an authenticity of the network resource user; denying, by the server and when the authenticity of the network resource user is not established, the request to authenticate the network resource user; requesting, by the server and when the request to authenticate the network resource user is denied, verification information from the network resource user; receiving, by the server, the verification information; determining, by the server, a validity of the verification information; overriding, by the server and when the validity of the verification information is established, the denial of the request to authenticate the network resource user; and modifying, by the server and when the denial of the request to authenticate the network resource user is overridden, the network address information to indicate the authenticity of the network address identifier.