Patent ID: 7366900

Claim:
A method of enhancing the security of a message sent by a principal from a client computer through a network server to a destination server, comprising the steps of: (a) obtaining by the client computer credentials for authorizing the principal client and the network server; (b) establishing a first secure connection for exchanging data between the client and the network server; (c) transmitting from the client computer to the network server over the first secure connection the principal-authenticating credentials and the message; (d) transmitting the principal-authenticating credentials from the network sever to the validation center; (e) transmitting permission data for the network server from the validation center to the network sever based on the principal-authenticating credentials; (f) verifying the authorization of the principal in the network sever to access a digital certificate and issuing the digital certificate to the network server; (g) establishing a second secure connection for exchanging data between the network server and the destination server based on the digital certificate; and (h) transmitting the message from the network server to the destination server over the second secure connection.