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Taint mechanism for messaging system

  • US 9,942,243 B2
  • Filed: 05/18/2015
  • Issued: 04/10/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/18/2015
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method for managing a plurality of messages associated with an online messaging system, the method comprising:

  • receiving a message from a messaging source;

    determining whether the messaging source associated with the received message is trusted, wherein determining whether the messaging source associated with the received message is trusted includes determining whether the received message was digitally signed by an application with a chain of trust;

    tagging the received message and storing the received message, wherein the tagging and the storing is based on the determination that the messaging source is not trusted and not digitally signed;

    in response to determining the tagged and stored message can be validated, validating the tagged and stored message;

    sending the validated message to the online messaging system; and

    in response to determining the tagged and stored message can not be validated and the online messaging system is allowed to receive an unvalidated message, untagging the stored message and sending the unvalidated message to the online messaging system.

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