Patent ID: 8826014

Claim:
A system for authenticating a communication request sent from a client computing device, the system comprising: a firewall that initially blocks all incoming traffic regardless of port number, the firewall comprising: a processing unit operating to perform functions including: initially blocking the communication request; creating a first logging event corresponding to the communication request; and a storage unit, the storage unit storing the communication request and the first logging event; and a server in data communication with the firewall, the server having a processing unit, the processing unit operating to perform functions including: receiving notification of the first logging event created by the firewall; authenticating the communication request corresponding to the first logging event using a multi-layer authentication process including a first layer authentication of the communication request that includes generating a second hash of a plurality of clear addresses corresponding to the client computing device by the server using the same hashing algorithm and matching the second hash with the first hash and a second layer authentication of the communication request that includes transmitting a request to the client computing device for a public key corresponding to the server if the first and second hashes match; and enabling a port in the firewall only if the communication request is authenticated by the first and second layer authentications.