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System and method for local machine zone lockdown with relation to a network browser

US8108902B2 · kind B2 · utility

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18References

25Claims

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Assignee

Microsoft Corporation · US

Inventors

David Andrew Ross · Redmond, US
Roberto A. Franco · Seattle, US
John G. Bedworth · Redmond, US
Shankar Ganesh · Bellevue, US
Venkatraman V. Kudallur · Redmond, US
Anantha P. Ganjam · Sammamish, US
Kurt James Schmucker · Bellevue, US

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 30, 2004
Grant date	Jan 31, 2012
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 16, 2027

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04L63/168
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method and system for locking down a local machine zone associated with a network browser is provided. Placing the local machine zone in a lockdown mode provides stricter security settings that are applied to active content attempting to publish within a local page open in the network browser. The stricter setting are provided in a new set of registry keys that correspond to the lockdown mode of the local machine zone. The original security settings remain unchanged so that other systems and applications functionality that depends on the original security settings remains unaffected for the local machine zone. A user may also selectively allow active content to render despite the local machine zone being locked down.

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