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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 29, 2011
Filed:
Aug. 20, 2010
Eric Bloch, San Mateo, CA (US);
Robert Van Zant, San Bruno, CA (US);
Scot Kennedy, San Francisco, CA (US);
Eric Bloch, San Mateo, CA (US);
Robert Van Zant, San Bruno, CA (US);
Scot Kennedy, San Francisco, CA (US);
Ironport Systems, Inc., San Bruno, CA (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for controlling access to network resources referenced in electronic mail messages comprises the computer-implemented steps of receiving an electronic mail message that comprises one or more hyperlinks; determining sender information that identifies a sender of the electronic mail message; creating and storing a record that associates the sender information with each of the one or more hyperlinks; receiving a request to access a specified hyperlink among the one or more hyperlinks; retrieving, based on the specified hyperlink, the record; retrieving, based on the sender information associated with the specified hyperlink, sender reputation information associated with the sender; determining, based on the sender reputation information, a particular action among a plurality of allowed actions; and issuing a network request to access the specified hyperlink only when the particular action is allowing user access to the specified hyperlink.