ENDPOINT URL GENERATION AND MANAGEMENT

• US 20200137138A1
• Filed: 12/19/2018
• Published: 04/30/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 10/31/2018
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Salesforce.com, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Salesforce.com, Inc.
• Inventors: Rice, John, Kashin, Thomas B., Baskar, Venkatesh, Corn, Nathan, Wadawadigi, Sangamesh
• Granted Patent: US 10,904,314 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9566 URL specific, e.g. using aliases, detecting broken or misspelled links
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9577 Optimising the visualization of content, e.g. distillation of HTML documents
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2101/35 containing special prefixes
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 61/4511 using domain name system [DNS]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/101 Access control lists [ACL]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/10 in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/0643 Hash functions, e.g. MD5, SHA, HMAC or f9 MAC

Abstract

Systems, devices, and techniques are disclosed for endpoint URL generation and management. An entity identifier may be received. The entity identifier may be hashed with a hashing algorithm to generate an alphanumeric string. A custom endpoint URL may be generated by combining the alphanumeric string with a URL that identifies an endpoint located on a server of a cloud computing system. A CNAME record in a DNS database may be updated to associate the URL that identifies the endpoint located in a stack of cloud computing system with the custom endpoint URL.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method comprising:

receiving an entity identifier;

hashing, with a hashing algorithm, the entity identifier to generate an alphanumeric string; and

generating a custom endpoint URL by combining the alphanumeric string with a URL that identifies an endpoint located on a server of a cloud computing system.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising updating a CNAME record in a DNS database to associate the URL that identifies the endpoint located in a stack of cloud computing system with the custom endpoint URL.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising updating the CNAME record with a new URL that identifies the endpoint when the endpoint is moved to a different stack of the cloud computing system.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving a user identifier and the custom endpoint URL;

determining an entity identifier associated with the user identifier;

determining if the entity identifier associated with the user identifier matches an entity identifier associated with the custom endpoint URL; and

permitting access to an endpoint identified by the custom endpoint URL if the entity identifier associated with the user identifier matches the entity identifier associated with the custom endpoint URL and not permitting access to the endpoint identified by the custom endpoint URL if the entity identifier associated with the user identifier does not match the entity identifier associated with the custom endpoint URL.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 4, wherein determining if the entity identifier associated with the user identifier matches an entity identifier associated with the custom endpoint URL further comprises:

determining the entity identifier associated with the custom endpoint URL by looking up the alphanumeric string of the custom endpoint URL in a database that associates alphanumeric strings with entity identifiers; and

comparing the entity identifier associated in the database with the alphanumeric string of the custom endpoint URL with entity identifier associated with the user identifier.

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving a user identifier and the custom endpoint URL;

determining an entity identifier associated with the user identifier;

hashing, with the hashing algorithm the entity identifier associated with the user identifier to generate a second alphanumeric string; and

permitting access to an endpoint identified by the custom endpoint URL if the second alphanumeric string matches the alphanumeric string of the custom endpoint URL and not permitting access to the endpoint identified by the custom endpoint URL if the second alphanumeric string does not match the alphanumeric string of the custom endpoint URL.

7. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the entity identifier is a number, and wherein the alphanumeric string comprises more characters than the number comprises digits.

8. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the hashing algorithm is configured to generate alphanumeric strings that comply with DNS criteria.

9. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving the entity identifier a second time;

hashing, with the hashing algorithm, the entity identifier to generate the alphanumeric string; and

generating a second custom endpoint URL by combining the alphanumeric string with a second URL that identifies a second endpoint located on a server of the cloud computing system.

10. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving a second entity identifier;

hashing, with the hashing algorithm, the second entity identifier to generate a second alphanumeric string different from the alphanumeric string; and

generating a second custom endpoint URL by combining the second alphanumeric string with a second URL that identifies a second endpoint located on a server of the cloud computing system.

11. A computer-implemented system for endpoint URL generation and management comprising:

one or more storage devices; and

a processor that receives an entity identifier, hashes, with a hashing algorithm, the entity identifier to generate an alphanumeric string, and generates a custom endpoint URL by combining the alphanumeric string with a URL that identifies an endpoint located on a server of a cloud computing system.

12. The computer-implemented system of claim 11, wherein the processor further updates a CNAME record in a DNS database to associate the URL that identifies the endpoint located in a stack of cloud computing system with the custom endpoint URL.

13. The computer-implemented system of claim 11, wherein the processor further updates the CNAME record with a new URL that identifies the endpoint when the endpoint is moved to a different stack of the cloud computing system.

14. The computer-implemented system of claim 11, wherein the processor further:

receives a user identifier and the custom endpoint URL,

determines an entity identifier associated with the user identifier,

determines if the entity identifier associated with the user identifier matches an entity identifier associated with the custom endpoint URL, and

permits access to an endpoint identified by the custom endpoint URL if the entity identifier associated with the user identifier matches the entity identifier associated with the custom endpoint URL and not permitting access to the endpoint identified by the custom endpoint URL if the entity identifier associated with the user identifier does not match the entity identifier associated with the custom endpoint URL.

15. The computer-implemented system of claim 14, wherein the processor determines if the entity identifier associated with the user identifier matches an entity identifier associated with the custom endpoint URL by determining the entity identifier associated with the custom endpoint URL by looking up the alphanumeric string of the custom endpoint URL in a database stored in the one or more storage devices that associates alphanumeric strings with entity identifiers and comparing the entity identifier associated in the database with the alphanumeric string of the custom endpoint URL with entity identifier associated with the user identifier.

16. The computer-implemented system of claim 11, wherein the processor further receives a user identifier and the custom endpoint URL,

determines an entity identifier associated with the user identifier,

hashes, with the hashing algorithm the entity identifier associated with the user identifier to generate a second alphanumeric string, and

permits access to an endpoint identified by the custom endpoint URL if the second alphanumeric string matches the alphanumeric string of the custom endpoint URL and not permitting access to the endpoint identified by the custom endpoint URL if the second alphanumeric string does not match the alphanumeric string of the custom endpoint URL.

17. The computer-implemented system of claim 11, wherein the entity identifier is a number, and wherein the alphanumeric string comprises more characters than the number comprises digits.

18. The computer-implemented system of claim 11, wherein the hashing algorithm is configured to generate alphanumeric strings that comply with DNS criteria.

19. The computer-implemented system of claim 11, wherein the processor further receives the entity identifier a second time;

hashes, with the hashing algorithm, the entity identifier to generate the alphanumeric string, and

generates a second custom endpoint URL by combining the alphanumeric string with a second URL that identifies a second endpoint located on a server of the cloud computing system.

20. The computer-implemented system of claim 11, wherein the processor further receives a second entity identifier,

hashes, with the hashing algorithm, the second entity identifier to generate a second alphanumeric string different from the alphanumeric string, and

generates a second custom endpoint URL by combining the second alphanumeric string with a second URL that identifies a second endpoint located on a server of the cloud computing system.