SERVER AUTHENTICATION
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Abstract
A method of authenticating a content-provider server, the method comprising: determining a domain name of the content-provider server; obtaining a fragment of a database of IP addresses, the fragment corresponding to the domain name of the content-provider server and storing one or more IP addresses associated with the domain name; comparing the IP address of the content-provider server against the IP addresses of the fragment; and providing an indication that the IP address of the content-provider server is included or excluded from the fragment of IP addresses. Additionally, a client computer and server operable to implement the method are described.
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57 Claims
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1-39. -39. (canceled)
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40. A method of authenticating a content-provider server having an IP address, the method comprising:
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determining a domain name of the content-provider server; obtaining a fragment of a database of IP addresses, the fragment corresponding to the domain name of the content-provider server and storing one or more IP addresses associated with the domain name; comparing the IP address of the content-provider server against the IP addresses of the fragment; and providing an indication that the IP address of the content-provider server is included or excluded from the fragment of IP addresses. - View Dependent Claims (41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49)
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50. A client computer connectable to a content-provider server over a communications network, wherein the client computer is operable to:
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determine a domain name of the content-provider server; obtain a fragment of a database of IP addresses, the fragment corresponding to the domain name of the content-provider server and storing one or more IP addresses associated with the domain name; compare the IP address of the content-provider server against the IP addresses of the fragment; and provide an indication that the IP address of the content-provider server is included or excluded from the IP addresses of the fragment. - View Dependent Claims (51, 52, 53)
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- 54. A security server connectable to a client computer over a communications network, the security server storing a database of IP addresses as a plurality of fragments, each fragment corresponding to a domain name and storing IP addresses associated with the domain name, and the security server is operable to receive a request from the client computer for a fragment, and to deliver the requested fragment to the client computer.
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