Pre-Delivery Authentication

摘要

Pre-delivery authentication may be required prior to routing and delivery of electronic content. A sender of the electronic content, for example, may require that a recipient authenticate to ensure legitimate use or identity. Should pre-delivery authentication be required, the electronic content is held at any networked device while the recipient authenticates. If the recipient correctly authenticates, then the electronic content is released for delivery.

主权项

1. A method, comprising:
receiving, by a server, a packetized communication having a header identifying a recipient network address; implementing, by the server, a hold on a delivery of the packetized communication to the recipient network address; retrieving, by the server, a pre-delivery authentication requirement associated with the recipient network address identified by the header; determining, by the server, a satisfaction of the pre-delivery authentication requirement associated with the recipient network address identified by the header; and releasing, by the server, the hold on the delivery of the packetized communication in response to the satisfaction of the pre-delivery authentication requirement associated with the recipient network address identified by the header.