System and method of cryptographically signing web applications

1. A method, comprising:

receiving, at a client-side web browser, a minimal bootstrap payload from an application server;

storing, by a client-side processor, the minimal bootstrap payload in a client-side local cache, wherein

the client-side local cache comprises a locally stored public key previously received by the application server and stored in the client-side local cache by the client-side processor;

the locally cached minimal bootstrap payload is executed by the client-side processor before executing an application from the application server;

the minimal bootstrap payload includes at least one public key and at least one Uniform Resource Location (URL) address of an application code payload;

the client-side processor executes the minimal bootstrap payload, wherein executing the minimal bootstrap payload comprises:

receiving, at the client-side web browser, the application code payload from the URL specified by the minimal bootstrap payload;

verifying, by the client-side processor, the received application code payload;

executing, by the client-side processor, the received application code payload after the received application payload has been successfully verified.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the minimal bootstrap payload further comprises:

storing, by the client-side processor, in the client-side local cache a copy of the verified application code payload; and

executing the client-side local cache copy of the verified application code payload when the minimal bootstrap payload fails to verify the received application code payload.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein at least one of the minimal bootstrap payload and the application code payload are written using a combination of HyperText Markup Language (HTML), Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) and JavaScript (JS).

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the minimal bootstrap payload includes a backup URL and further comprises receiving a backup application code payload from a backup URL when the minimal bootstrap payload fails to verify the received application code payload.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the minimal bootstrap payload includes at least two public keys and further comprises verifying, by the client-side processor, the received application code payload.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the minimal bootstrap payload includes a second URL and further comprises:

receiving a pre-computed hash from the second URL,

verifying, by the client-side processor, the received pre-computed hash has using the locally stored public key; and

storing, by the client-side processor, in the client-side local cache a copy of the verified pre-computed hash.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the minimal bootstrap payload further comprises computing, by the client-side processor, a hash of the received application code payload.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the minimal bootstrap payload further comprises comparing the computed hash of the received application code payload with the client-side local cache a copy of the verified pre-computed hash.

9. A non-transitory computer readable medium, instructing an computing device to execute a method comprising:

receiving, at a client-side web browser, a minimal bootstrap payload from an application server;

storing, by a client-side processor, the minimal bootstrap payload in a client-side local cache, wherein

the client-side local cache comprises a locally stored public key previously received by the application server and stored in the client-side local cache by the client-side processor;

the locally cached minimal bootstrap payload is executed by the client-side processor before executing an application from the application server;

the minimal bootstrap payload includes at least one public key and at least one Uniform Resource Location (URL) address of an application code payload;

the client-side processor executes the minimal bootstrap payload, wherein executing the minimal bootstrap payload comprises:

receiving, at the client-side web browser, the application code payload from the URL specified by the minimal bootstrap payload;

verifying, by the client-side processor, the received application code payload;

executing, by the client-side processor, the received application code payload after the received application payload has been successfully verified.

10. The computer readable medium of claim 9 , wherein the minimal bootstrap payload further comprises:

storing, by the client-side processor, in the client-side local cache a copy of the verified application code payload; and

executing the client-side local cache copy of the verified application code payload when the minimal bootstrap payload fails to verify the received application code payload.

11. The computer readable medium of claim 9 , wherein at least one of the minimal bootstrap payload and the application code payload are written using a combination of HyperText Markup Language (HTML), Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) and JavaScript (JS).

12. The computer readable medium of claim 9 , wherein the minimal bootstrap payload includes a backup URL and further comprises receiving a backup application code payload from a backup URL when the minimal bootstrap payload fails to verify the received application code payload.

13. The computer readable medium of claim 9 , wherein the minimal bootstrap payload includes at least two public keys and further comprises verifying, by the client-side processor, the received application code payload cryptographic signature using the locally stored public keys.

14. The computer readable medium of claim 9 , wherein the minimal bootstrap payload includes a second URL and further comprises:

receiving a pre-computed hash from the second URL,

verifying, by the client-side processor, the received pre-computed hash has using the locally stored public key; and

storing, by the client-side processor, in the client-side local cache a copy of the verified pre-computed hash.

15. The computer readable medium of claim 14 , wherein the minimal bootstrap payload further comprises computing, by the client-side processor, a hash of the received application code payload.

16. The computer readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the minimal bootstrap payload further comprises comparing the computed hash of the received application code payload with the client-side local cache a copy of the verified pre-computed hash.