Patent ID: 9602505
Date: 2017-03-21
CPC Classifications: H04L

Claim:
1. A method for securing data and computer systems, comprising: receiving, at an intermediary network device, a request from a first client device to connect to a server; verifying, by the intermediary network device, an identity of the server; detecting, at the intermediary network device, that the server uses a one-time password (OTP) protocol, wherein detecting that the server uses an OTP protocol comprises comparing the identity of the server with a list of information identifying a plurality of servers that use the OTP protocol and associated user-defined policy protocol; and performing, by the intermediary network device, an action according to the user-defined policy protocol based at least in part on the detecting, wherein performing the action comprises at least one of: blocking, at the intermediary network device, a first connection between the first client device and a first computing device other than the server, the first computing device connected to the first client device via the intermediary network device; and allowing, at the intermediary network device, a second connection between the first client device and a second computing device other than the server, the second computing device connected to the first client device via the intermediary network device.