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Trusted zone protection

US8370529B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJul 10, 2012
Grant dateFeb 5, 2013
Priority date
Expiry dateJul 10, 2032

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L67/02
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A trusted zone protector in exemplary embodiments of an electronic system helps reduce unwanted attempts to use a consumer machine in a trusted zone to address a network resource that lies inside the trusted zone on behalf of a website that lies outside of the trusted zone. An address manager in the electronic system is arranged to provide an indication whether an element retrieved by a network-enabled application executing on the consumer machine is arranged to address a network resource that lies inside the trusted zone. The trusted zone protector is arranged to generate a protective action in response to the indication that the element retrieved by the network-enabled application is arranged to address the network resource that lies inside the trusted zone.

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