Patent ID: 8775524

Claim:
In a network comprising a plurality of network resources and at least one directory server, the directory server containing information with a predetermined level of trust about the network resources, a method for automatically providing a user's device with information about a network resource in communication with the user's device, the method comprising: detecting whether or not an identity of an owner of information in the network resource in communication is identified at the at least one directory server, and if the identity is identified, automatically retrieving the identity of the owner of the information in the network resource in communication from said at least one directory server; evaluating the identity of the owner of the information in the network resource in communication to determine trust-related information about the network resource in communication; automatically providing the user's device with information about the network resource based on the identity of the owner and according to trust-related information about the network resource in communication; wherein said at least one directory server comprises at least one security server, which detects whether a network resource leaves confidential information exposed, the detection comprises: using global network search engines and algorithms to find objects on the network resource that reveal credit card numbers, social security numbers, passwords connected to users names, personal identification numbers, ID numbers or other confidential information; analyzing the objects found and, if any of the objects expose confidential information, indicating that about the network resource; trying to access a restricted application on the network resource using techniques for cracking username and password protections; if successful in accessing the application, and if the application includes confidential information, indicating that about the network resource; getting reports from other network resources regarding whether a network resource, an object on that network resource, or a certificate of that network resource is a scam and recording that about the network resource; and scanning directory servers to find conflicts between different attributes of a network resource and, if found, recording that about the network resource.