Patent ID: 8627479

Claim:
A non-transitory computer readable storage medium with instructions for execution on a host computer, comprising instructions to: (i) record a relationship between a partner site and the host computer; (ii) substitute a reference to the partner site with a partner site alias referencing the host computer; (iii) deliver the partner site alias to a client; (iv) replace the partner site alias for the reference to the partner site in response to receiving the partner site alias from the client; (v) augment an address of the client with an address alias; (vi) send the address alias to the partner site; (vii) receive from the partner site a partner action and the address alias; (viii) exchange the address for the address alias; (ix) deliver the partner action to the client utilizing the address; (x) monitor (ii) through (ix) to identify client activity that constitutes a security threat at the host computer or the partner site; and (xi) implement a remedial action in response to the security threat, wherein the remedial action is selected from blocking the client, delaying the client, diverting the client to a harmless webpage and supplying the client with spoofed information.