The present invention is a method and system for providing a user with
confirmation of the origin of a Web site and related information
including the steps of registering a Web site with an assuring third
party, saving the registration on a registration server, entering in a
database the Web site's Internet domain name and cross-referencing it to
the registration data, retrieving the Web site's domain with an Internet
browser, and either (1) using a client application tool to call for
registration data for the domain name via a secure SSL connection with
the registration server, determining if the domain has been registered,
and returning and displaying registration data for the domain name as a
confirmed identity, or (2) calling a program on the registration server
in response to an HTML tag on the domain via a secure SSL connection and
passing it the domain name, determining if the domain has been
registered, determining if the domain name has been registered, and
returning and displaying registration data for the domain name as a
confirmed identity.