Enabling encrypted communications between a user and a third party hosting service via a proxy server
US10848479B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 30, 2016 |
| Grant date | Nov 24, 2020 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 30, 2036 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L63/166
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A domain name registrar may provide a service for a domain name registrant to automatically and without further action by the domain name registrant (other than possibly paying for the service) enable secure socket layer (SSL) for a domain name to a third party hosting service, even when the domain name registrar does not own or control the third party hosting service. The invention allows a user (that may or may not be the domain name registrant) to use the domain name registered to the domain name registrant to communicate with a domain name registrant account (possibly a website) on the third party hosting service via a proxy server. The communication between the user and the proxy server may be encrypted such as by the SSL protocol.
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