Patent ID: 8667573

Claim:
One or more computer-readable storage devices comprising instructions that, when executed by a client device, implement a browser configured to: obtain input to navigate the browser to obtain web content at a particular address specified by the input; without establishing a secure data channel between the server and the client device: retrieve a certificate corresponding to a server associated with the particular address from a designated location before the web content is obtained from the particular address, the certificate containing information regarding an owner of the certificate and domains the owner is authorized to operate to facilitate a trust determination for the server; and determine whether or not to trust the server based at least in part upon whether the particular address specified by the input corresponds to a domain contained in the certificate that the owner is authorized to operate; and when the server is trusted based on the determination: ascertain an entity name for the owner of the certificate that is included in the certificate; configure a user interface for the browser to display the entity name along with the particular address; and enable subsequent communications with the server without establishing the secure data channel.