System of secret internet web sites for securing user access
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1. An internet operation including a system of secret internet web sites comprising:
- (a) one or more computers programmed to operate as a plurality of web servers;
(b) one or more of said web servers hosting internet web sites for said internet operation;
(c) one or more of said internet web sites being main sites having URLs which are publicly associated with said internet operation accessible through said internet web sites;
(d) one or more of said internet web sites being secret sites having URLs which are not publicly associated with said internet operation, and which;
1. are maintained as a secret from all but those users who have been given the knowledge thereof by the operator of said internet operation; and
2. are assigned to a user upon the user'"'"'s request and in response to the user providing means by which they can be sufficiently identified for purposes of the level of security against attack desired by the operator of said internet operation;
and wherein the knowledge of the existence, identity and URL of each of said secret sites is not available to the public except through a process requiring such identification of the user;
said secret sites being a part of said internet operation by which said internet operation may be accessed.
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Abstract
A system of secret internet sites and an internet operation including such a system is used to permit access to the internet site operation of a particular internet site operator by persons intending to make normal use thereof when access to the site has been compromised by cybervandalism. This is accomplished by designation by a site operator of specific internet sites whose URLs are secret and have been assigned for the use of specific users who have previously identified themselves to the operator. A user'"'"'s access to an operator'"'"'s internet operation is thus secured when the operator'"'"'s main site is under attack.
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20 Claims
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1. An internet operation including a system of secret internet web sites comprising:
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(a) one or more computers programmed to operate as a plurality of web servers; (b) one or more of said web servers hosting internet web sites for said internet operation; (c) one or more of said internet web sites being main sites having URLs which are publicly associated with said internet operation accessible through said internet web sites; (d) one or more of said internet web sites being secret sites having URLs which are not publicly associated with said internet operation, and which; 1. are maintained as a secret from all but those users who have been given the knowledge thereof by the operator of said internet operation; and 2. are assigned to a user upon the user'"'"'s request and in response to the user providing means by which they can be sufficiently identified for purposes of the level of security against attack desired by the operator of said internet operation; and wherein the knowledge of the existence, identity and URL of each of said secret sites is not available to the public except through a process requiring such identification of the user; said secret sites being a part of said internet operation by which said internet operation may be accessed. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A system of secret internet websites, comprising:
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(a) one or more computers programmed to operate as a plurality of web servers; (b) one or more of said web servers hosting internet web sites for an internet operation; (c) one or more of said internet web sites being secret sites having universal resource locators (URLs) which are not publicly associated with any internet operation, and which; 1. are maintained as a secret from all but those users who have been given the knowledge thereof by the operator of said internet operation; and 2. are assigned to a user upon the user'"'"'s request and in response to the user providing means by which they can be sufficiently identified for purposes of the level of security against attack desired by the operator of said internet operation; and wherein the knowledge of the existence, identity and URL of each of said secret sites is not available to the public except through a process requiring such identification of the user; said secret sites being a part of said internet operation by which said internet operation may be accessed. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. An internet operation including a system of secret internet web sites comprising:
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(a) one or more computers programmed to operate as a plurality of web servers; (b) one or more of said web servers hosting internet web sites for said internet operation; (c) one or more of said internet web sites being main sites having URL-S which are publicly associated with said internet operation accessible through said internet web sites; (d) one or more of said internet web sites being secret sites having Ultt.s which are not publicly associated with said internet operation;
wherein each of said secret sites have a URL which;1. is maintained as a secret from all but those users who have been given the knowledge thereof by the operator of said internet operation; and 2. is assigned to a user upon the user'"'"'s request and in response to the user providing means by which they can be sufficiently identified for purposes of the level of security against attack desired by the operator of said internet operation; and wherein the knowledge of the existence, identity and URL of each of said secret sites is not available to the public except through a process requiring such identification of the user; said secret sites being a part of said internet operation by which said internet operation may be accessed.
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