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Network security zones

  • US 6,366,912 B1
  • Filed: 04/06/1998
  • Issued: 04/02/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/06/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A computer based method for providing client based security during a network browsing session between a client computer and a server computer, the method comprising:

  • receiving, at the client computer, a Web document from the server computer for execution on the client computer that contains code in the actual content of the Web document that requests the client computer to perform an operation pertaining to the Web document;

    in response to the client computer receiving a Web document from the server computer for execution on the client computer that contains code in the actual content of the Web document that requests the client computer to perform an operation pertaining to the Web document, the client computer analyzing the code to determine whether the requested operation is a protected operation prior to executing the Web document;

    if a protected operation is to be performed, the client computer determining a security setting corresponding to the protected operation; and

    the client computer executing the Web document if performing the protected operation is allowed based on the security setting.

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