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Security management device, communication system, and access control method

US8195816B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateSep 28, 2006
Grant dateJun 5, 2012
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Expiry dateAug 18, 2027

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L63/1466
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The present invention provides a technique of preventing a user from being tricked into revealing personal information by pharming.Security server 50 checks whether a combination of a domain name and an IP address of WWW site 30 to be accessed by PC 10 is registered in access-permit DB 55a or access-inhibit DB 55b. Security sever 50 also checks whether the combination is registered in any of secure DNS servers 40 registered in secure DNS DB 55c. On the basis of a result of the checks, security server 50 controls an access by PC 10 to WWW site 30.

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