Patent ID: 9742734
Date: 2017-08-22
CPC Classifications: G06F,H04L

Claim:
1. A system for enhancing computer and network security, the system comprising: a computer system comprising: all of the foregoing forming the firewall, the firewall comprising: an IP exception list that allows a computer to communicate with IP addresses included by the IP exception list even when the IP addresses are unassociated with a known domain name; and a DNS exception list comprising one or more traffic requests that are associated with the current status that is allowed by the user; wherein selection of a traffic requester identity of the one or more traffic requester identities displayed on the at least one display interface using the user input device temporarily unblocks the selected traffic requester identity when the current status of the selected traffic requester identity is temporarily allowed in response to the making of the selection of temporary unblocking; and wherein the selection of a traffic requester identity of the one or more traffic requester identities displayed on the at least display interface using the user input device temporarily blocks the selected traffic requester identity when the current status of the selected traffic requester identity is temporarily blocked in response to the making of the selection of temporary blocking.