Patent ID: 8683193

Claim:
A method, comprising: detecting a first navigation command of a network-enabled application to navigate from a first address secure connection established with a first network address and to navigate to a second network address using an unsecure reference; detecting a change in a security setting of the second network address from an unsecure setting to a secure setting, wherein the second address secure connection is established in response to a redirection command transmitted from the second network address, wherein the redirection command includes a command to connect to the second network address using HTTPS (hypertext transfer protocol secure); and filtering, in response to the detection the change in a security setting of the second network address, referring information in a second navigation command used to establish a second address secure connection with a device having the second network address, wherein the referring information is included in a referrer header to be sent to the second network address; and wherein the detecting the first navigation command, the detecting the change in the security setting, and the filtering referring information occur in a client machine.