Dynamic encryption of a universal resource locator
View Patent ↗A system including a computer and a computer readable hardware storage device containing instructions which, upon being executed by the computer, implements a method for restricting access to information transmitted over a computing network. A resource request for a resource to be located is received. The resource request contains a universal resource locator (URL). The URL is evaluated to determine whether encryption of none, part, or all of the URL is required. It is determined that the requested resource is available and in response, the requested resource contained in the resource request is located. It is determined whether encryption is required for none, part, or all of a return URL of the requested resource that is to be returned to a location of the resource request.
1. A system comprising a computer and a computer readable hardware storage device, said storage device containing instructions which, upon being executed by the computer, implements a method for restricting access to information transmitted over a computing network, said method comprising:
receiving, by the computer at a network location, a resource request for a resource to be located, said resource request containing a universal resource locator (URL);
evaluating, by the computer, the URL to determine whether encryption of none, part, or all of the URL is required;
determining by the computer, that the requested resource is available and in response, locating, by the computer, the requested resource contained in the resource request; and
determining, by the computer, whether encryption is required for none, part, or all of a return URL of the requested resource that is to be returned to a location of the resource request.
2. The system of claim 1 , said method comprising after said determining that the requested resource is available:
determining, by the computer, that encryption of the requested resource is required and in response, determining, by the computer, whether the URL of the requested resource is required; and
determining, by the computer, the encrypted value of the requested resource.
3. The system of claim 2 , said method further comprising:
encrypting, by the computer, the return URL; and
sending, by the computer, the encrypted URL to the location of the resource request.
4. A system comprising a computer and a computer readable hardware storage device, said storage device containing instructions which, upon being executed by the computer, implements a method for restricting access to information transmitted over a computing network, said method comprising:
receiving, by the computer at a network location, a resource request for a resource to be located, said request containing a universal resource locator (URL);
evaluating, by the computer, the URL to determine that encryption of the URL is not required and in response, locating, by the computer, the requested resource;
determining, by the computer, that the requested resource is available;
encrypting, by the computer, the URL contained in the resource request; and
determining, by the computer in response to said determining that the requested resource is available, whether encryption of a return URL of the requested resource is required.
5. The system of claim 4 , said method further comprising after a determination that encryption of the return URL of the requested resource is required:
determining, by the computer, an encrypted value for the return URL; and
sending, by the computer, a redirect to a browser originating the resource request using the encrypted value for the return URL.
6. The system of claim 4 , said method further comprising:
sending, by the computer, the resource to a browser originating the resource request in response to a determination that encryption of the return URL is not required.
7. A system comprising a computer and a computer readable hardware storage device,
said storage device containing instructions which, upon being executed by the computer, implements a method for restricting access to information transmitted over a computing network, said method comprising:
receiving, by the computer, at a network location, a resource request for a resource to be located, said resource request containing a universal resource locator (URL);
evaluating, by the computer, the URL to determine that encryption of the URL is required and in response, encrypting, by the computer, the URL of the network location;
transmitting, by the computer, a message containing the encrypted URL to a destination of the requested resource;
receiving, by the computer, the message at the destination;
identifying, by the computer, the requested resource based on the information in the encrypted URL;
decrypting, by the computer, the encrypted URL;
determining, by the computer, whether the requested resource is available; and
locating, by the computer, the requested resource.
8. The system of claim 7 , said method further comprising after said locating the requested resource:
determining, by the computer, whether encryption of a return URL of the requested resource is required in response to a determination that the requested resource is available.