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Method and system for validating site data

  • US 8,646,071 B2
  • Filed: 08/02/2007
  • Issued: 02/04/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/07/2006
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method of validating site data, the method including the steps of, in a processing system:

  • storing, by the processing system, a verified Internet Protocol (IP) address for a valid Domain Name System (DNS) server;

    intercepting, by the processing system, a request for an indication of site data, wherein the request is directed to an IP address of an unverified DNS server;

    comparing, by the processing system, the IP address with the stored verified IP address;

    upon determining that the IP address matches the verified IP address, transmitting, by the processing system, the request to the IP address indicated in the request;

    receiving, by the processing system, an indication of site data;

    performing, by the processing system, a comparison of the indication to site data criteria;

    validating or invalidating the indication based on a result of the comparison; and

    when the indication is invalid, resetting the invalid indication of site data to a trusted indication of site data.

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