Patent ID: 11924221
Assignee: MCAFEE, LLC
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 6:
7. A system for authorizing requests to access a resource that is part of a local area network, comprising:
a memory; and
a hardware processor that is coupled to the memory, that is also part of the local area network, and that is and configured to:
receive a request to access the resource that is part of the local area network from an Internet Protocol (IP) address that is outside the local area network;
determine whether a rule applies to the request to access the resource;
in response to determining that a rule does not apply to the request to access the resource, send a request for authorization;
receive a response to the request for authorization, wherein the response to the request for authorization is based on a manual entry of a user; and
in response to the response to the request for authorization indicating that access is authorized, provide a connection to the resource.