Protecting online meeting access using secure personal universal resource locators

1. A computer program product for protecting online access to collaborative resources, the computer program product comprising a computer readable storage device having program code embodied therewith, the program code executable by a computer to:

generate and store into a cache a first user-specific secure personal unique universal resource locator including in a locator address or domain name a collaborative resource identifier and an encrypted first user's identifier, wherein a resultant locator or resultant address domain name represents an invalid resource location which obscures an actual location of the identified collaborative resource;

return the first user-specific secure personal uniform resource locator to a collaborative resource owner for accessing the corresponding collaborative resource;

responsive to the first user accessing the first user-specific secure personal universal resource locator resulting in execution of a resource-not-found error handler, grant access to the collaborative resource to the first user responsive to validating a match between the first user-specific secure personal universal resource locator and the first user according to the cache, and spoil the user-specific secure personal unique universal resource locator to disable future access by another user of the identified collaborative resource; and

responsive to a second user requesting access to the first user-specific secure personal universal resource locator using the spoiled user-specific secure personal unique universal resource locator, prevent access to the collaborative resource to the second user.

2. The computer program product as set forth in claim 1 , wherein the program code is further to:

provide a time criteria for accessing the first user-specific secure personal universal resource locator; and

responsive to detecting an elapsed time exceeding the time criteria, invalidating the first user-specific secure personal universal resource locator, wherein subsequent access to the collaborative resource is disabled.

3. The computer program product as set forth in claim 1 , wherein the program code is further to authenticate the first user prior to the granting of access.

4. The computer program product as set forth in claim 1 wherein the collaborative resource comprises at least one resource selected from the group consisting of an online meeting, web conference, online chat room, an online video conference, an online audio conference, a collaboratively edited document, a collaborative browsing session, an online social networking group, and a web site.

5. The computer program product as set forth in claim 1 wherein the program code is further to provide a collaborative resource management component that authenticates resource owners, resource invitations, and resource accesses utilizing secure communication and authentication protocols.

6. The computer program product as set forth in claim 1 wherein the program code to generate the first user-specific secure private universal resource comprises program code to:

generate a dynamic private key as a salt;

generate a hash value using the first user's identifier, the salt, and the collaborative resource identifier, using an encryption process;

generate the secure personal universal resource locator including the hash value as part of the secure personal universal resource locator; and

cache the first user's system identifier, the salt and the collaborative resource identifier using a secure cache and using the hash value as a key into the cached elements.

7. A system for protecting online access to collaborative resources comprising:

a computer having a processor;

a tangible, computer-readable storage memory device encoded with program instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the process to perform the steps of:

generate and store into a cache a first user-specific secure personal universal resource locator including in a locator address or domain name a collaborative resource identifier and an encrypted first user's identifier, wherein a resultant locator or resultant address domain name represents an invalid resource location;

return the first user-specific secure personal uniform resource locator to a collaborative resource owner for accessing the corresponding collaborative resource;

responsive to the first user accessing the first user-specific secure personal universal resource locator, grant access to the collaborative resource to the first user responsive to validating a match between the first user-specific secure personal universal resource locator and the first user according to the cache; and

responsive to a second user accessing the first user-specific secure personal universal resource locator, prevent access to the collaborative resource to the second user.

8. The system as set forth in claim 7 , further comprising a time criteria for accessing the first user-specific secure personal universal resource locator, and wherein the program instructions further comprise program instructions, responsive to detecting an elapsed time exceeding the time criteria, to invalidate the first user-specific secure personal universal resource locator.

9. The system as set forth in claim 7 wherein the collaborative resource comprises at least one resource selected from the group consisting of an online meeting, web conference, online chat room, an online video conference, an online audio conference, a collaboratively edited document, a collaborative browsing session, an online social networking group, and a web site.

10. The system as set forth in claim 7 wherein the program instructions for further comprise program instructions to:

generate a dynamic private key as a salt;

generate a hash value using the first user's identifier, the salt, and the collaborative resource identifier, using a strong and secure encryption process;

generate the secure personal universal resource locator including the hash value as part of the secure personal universal resource locator; and

cache the first user's system identifier, the salt and the collaborative resource identifier using a secure cache and using the hash value as a key into the cached elements.