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Authentication of unknown parties in secure computer communications

  • US 7,949,771 B1
  • Filed: 09/05/2007
  • Issued: 05/24/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/05/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A computer-implemented method of authenticating a party for secure computer communication, the method comprising:

  • a first computer receiving an SSL certificate from a second computer over a computer network, the second computer initiating a secure computer communication with the first computer over the computer network in accordance with SSL protocol, the second computer being an unknown party to the first computer and not authenticated by a certificate authority;

    the first computer locally processing the SSL certificate in the first computer to determine a trustworthiness of the second computer even without necessarily having to consult a remotely located public whitelist of trusted parties;

    the first computer converting the SSL certificate into an input vector having fields of the SSL certificate as features;

    the first computer using the input vector to classify the SSL certificate to determine the trustworthiness of the SSL certificate;

    wherein the first computer locally processing the SSL certificate to determine the trustworthiness of the second computer comprises;

    the first computer extracting the fields of the SSL certificate; and

    the first computer taking a hash of each of the fields to create input data; and

    wherein the first computer provides the input data to a model configured to determine if the SSL certificate is a trusted or non-trusted digital certificate.

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