Patent · US Active

Selective proxying in domain name systems

US9160702B2 · kind B2 · utility

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9References

21Claims

0Family size

Assignee

OpenDNS, Inc. · US

Inventors

Matthew Dempsky · San Francisco, US
David Ulevitch · San Francisco, US
Noah Treuhaft · Oakland, US
Michael Damm · Rödermark, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 28, 2014
Grant date	Oct 13, 2015
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 28, 2034

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04L61/59
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Systems and methods for processing requests for domain name information in accordance with subscriber information are provided. A request for domain name information can be correlated with subscriber preferences to resolve the domain name information. Domain names may be flagged for blocking or proxying by one or more subscriber preferences. In response to a flagged domain name, a client device can be redirected to a web server that can function as proxy on behalf of the user for accessing the flagged domain. In one example, user preferences and/or network preferences can be used to determine whether a particular user can bypass a blocking preference and access the flagged domain using the proxy.

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