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Date of Patent:
Sep. 23, 2014

Filed:

May. 07, 2010
Applicants:

Aaron J. Sauve, Seattle, WA (US);

Cornelis K. Van Dok, Bellevue, WA (US);

Marc A. Silbey, Seattle, WA (US);

Inventors:

Aaron J. Sauve, Seattle, WA (US);

Cornelis K. Van Dok, Bellevue, WA (US);

Marc A. Silbey, Seattle, WA (US);

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 9/00 (2006.01); H04L 9/32 (2006.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 9/3263 (2013.01); H04L 2209/56 (2013.01); H04L 2209/60 (2013.01); H04L 63/126 (2013.01);
Abstract

Described are a system and method for presenting security information about a current site or communications session. Briefly stated, a browsing software is configured to receive a certificate during a negotiation of a secure session between a local device and a remote device. The certificate includes security information about a site maintained at the remote device. The security information is displayed to a user of the browsing software in a meaningful fashion to allow the user to make a trust determination about the site. Displaying the security information may include presenting a certificate summary that includes the most relevant information about the certificate, such as the name of the owner of the site and the name of the certificating authority of the certificate.


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