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.
Claims5
A method, comprising:
- receiving, at a certificate authority from a web hosting provider, a request including a certificate signing request and a first plurality of Internet protocol addresses of a hosted account of a subscriber of the web hosting provider, the certificate signing request identifying a domain associated with the subscriber and a certificate;
- retrieving a second plurality of Internet protocol addresses for the domain from a domain name system;
- when a first one of the first plurality of Internet protocol addresses is the same as a first one of the second plurality of Internet protocol addresses:
- signing the certificate to generate a signed certificate, and
- transmitting the signed certificate to a requester of the request;
- and
- when each one of the first plurality of Internet protocol addresses are different from each one of the second plurality of Internet protocol addresses:
- rejecting the certificate signing request;
- and
- initiating an alternative method for performing domain control validation for the domain.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.