Citrix Systems, Inc.
UNIFORM RESOURCE LOCATOR VALIDATION

Abstract:

A method for validating a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) includes generating electronic media content including the URL, generating a Certificate Signing Request (CSR) including the URL, sending the CSR to a certificate signing server, receiving a signed certificate corresponding to the CSR from the certificate signing server, and encoding the signed certificate as metadata in the electronic media content and/or encoding a serial number associated with the signed certificate as metadata in the electronic media content. A user can send the URL to another user through a chat message, an email, a word processing document or other business application, or a document which has a URL through a pen drive, email, or chat message. The certificate-based mechanism is used to validate the origin (sender) of the URL so that the recipients know that the URL can be accessed without having to separately analyze the security risks.