Method for domain control validation
AssigneeGo Daddy Operating Company, LLC
InventorsWayne Thayer, Jacob Plains
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Abstract
A system and method for domain control validation is presented. At a certificate authority a request is received. The request includes a certificate signing request and a first Internet protocol address. The certificate signing request identifies a domain and a certificate. A second Internet protocol address for the domain is retrieved from a domain name system. When the first Internet protocol address is the same as the second Internet protocol address, the certificate is signed, and the signed certificate is transmitted to a requester of the request. When the first Internet protocol address is not the same as the second Internet protocol address, the certificate signing request is rejected.
Claims20
A method, comprising:
- receiving, at a certificate authority, a request including a certificate signing request and a first Internet protocol address, the certificate signing request identifying a domain and a certificate;
- retrieving a second Internet protocol address for the domain from a domain name system;
- when the first Internet protocol address is the same as the second Internet protocol address:
- signing the certificate, and
- transmitting the signed certificate to a requester of the request;
- and
- when the first Internet protocol address is not the same as the second Internet protocol address, rejecting the certificate signing request.
A method, comprising:
- providing an administrative interface for a hosted account, the hosted account being associated with a domain and a hosted website for the domain;
- receiving, via the administrative interface, a request for a security certificate for the hosted website;
- generating a certificate signing request for the hosted website, the certificate signing request identifying the domain;
- determining an Internet protocol address for the hosted website of the domain;
- transmitting the certificate signing request and the Internet protocol address to a certificate authority;
- and
- receiving a response to the certificate signing request from the certificate authority.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.