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Securing Web server source documents and executables

  • US 6,393,420 B1
  • Filed: 06/03/1999
  • Issued: 05/21/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/03/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A system in a computing environment for preventing information from being published over a network in said computing environment after an unauthorized alteration of said information, comprising:

  • one or more files stored on a storage medium accessible to a first computer in said computing environment;

    a digital signature for each of said one or more files, each of said digital signatures being stored in a location accessible to said first computer;

    means for receiving a request for a selected one of said files from a user of a second computer in said computing environment;

    means for authenticating, responsive to said means for receiving, that said requested file was created by an authorized author; and

    means for publishing said requested file to said user only when said means for authenticating has a successful result.

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