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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 11, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 04, 2015
Applicant:
Verisign, Inc., Reston, VA (US);
Inventors:
Burton S. Kaliski, Jr., McLean, VA (US);
Eric Osterweil, Fairfax, VA (US);
Glen Wiley, Goochland, VA (US);
Assignee:
VERISIGN, INC., Reston, VA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04L 9/32 (2006.01); H04L 29/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 9/3247 (2013.01); H04L 61/1511 (2013.01); H04L 61/1552 (2013.01); H04L 61/305 (2013.01); H04L 63/0428 (2013.01); H04L 67/42 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention generally relates to systems and methods for extending a chain of trust beyond the DNS. Some embodiments provide a verifier with the ability to validate a chain of trust starting with the trust anchor at the DNS root all the way to a service or object of interest outside the DNS.