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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 15, 2011
Filed:
Oct. 29, 2007
Jonathan J. Oliver, San Carlos, CA (US);
Brian K. Wilson, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Damon K. Uyeda, San Francisco, CA (US);
Scott D. Eikenberry, Menlo Park, CA (US);
David A. Koblas, Los Altos, CA (US);
Tim Nufire, San Francisco, CA (US);
Jonathan J. Oliver, San Carlos, CA (US);
Brian K. Wilson, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Damon K. Uyeda, San Francisco, CA (US);
Scott D. Eikenberry, Menlo Park, CA (US);
David A. Koblas, Los Altos, CA (US);
Tim Nufire, San Francisco, CA (US);
SonicWALL, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A system and method are disclosed for registering a email sender for the purpose of sending an email message to an email receiver including receiving a challenge message wherein the challenge message includes a machine answerable question; processing the challenge message to determine that it is a challenge message sent for the purpose of authorizing delivery of the email message; analyzing the question to determine a valid response to the challenge message; and sending the valid response that includes the answer wherein a nontrivial amount of resources are required to send the valid response.