METHOD AND DEVICE FOR SECURELY ACCESSING A WEB SERVICE

摘要

The invention relates to a method for securely accessing a web service by a browser running a web application on a user device through a network, wherein the web service is hosted by a local device. The method is remarkable in that the local device comprises a global name that uniquely identifies the local device and a certificate associated to its global name and in that the method further comprises a step of sending by the web application to the network a request for accessing a generic name addressing the web service; a step of receiving from the network to the web application a response to the request comprising the global name identifying the local device hosting the web service; a step of verifying by the web application that the received global name is comprised in a list, called white list, wherein the white list comprises global names of local devices being trusted for hosting the web service; and when the verification is successful, a step of sending by the web application to the network a request for securely accessing the global name addressing the web service authenticated by the certificate, the certificate being checked by the browser during the connection.