Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Identification of and countermeasures against forged websites
- Patent Title (中): 对伪造网站的识别和对策
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Application No.: US12043130Application Date: 2008-03-05
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Publication No.: US09325731B2Publication Date: 2016-04-26
- Inventor: Ryan McGeehan
- Applicant: Ryan McGeehan
- Applicant Address: US CA Menlo Park
- Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Menlo Park
- Agency: Fenwick & West LLP
- Main IPC: G06F21/64
- IPC: G06F21/64 ; H04N21/83 ; H04L29/06 ; G06F21/55

Abstract:
A system, a method, and computer program product identify a website that is a forgery of a primary website. Client side executable code is included in a page of the primary website, which page is copied in the forged website. The client side code, when executed by a client device, determines whether the domain from which the page is served is an authorized domain. Where the serving domain is not authorized, the client device is configured to alter the execute countermeasures against the forged website, such as altering operation of the forged page.
Public/Granted literature
- US20090228780A1 Identification of and Countermeasures Against Forged Websites Public/Granted day:2009-09-10
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