US 11,924,221 B2
Systems, methods, and media for authorizing external network access requests
Harsha R. Joshi, Bangalore (IN); Dattatraya Kulkarni, Bangalore (IN); and Srikanth Nalluri, Bangalore (IN)
Assigned to McAfee, LLC, San Jose, CA (US)
Filed by McAfee, LLC, San Jose, CA (US)
Filed on Oct. 1, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/060,576.
Claims priority of application No. 202011014977 (IN), filed on Apr. 4, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0314329 A1, Oct. 7, 2021
Int. Cl. H04L 9/40 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 63/108 (2013.01) [H04L 63/0876 (2013.01); H04L 63/20 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for authorizing requests to access a resource that is part of a local area network, comprising:
receiving a request to access the resource that is part of the local area network at a hardware processor that is also part of the local area network from an Internet Protocol (IP) address that is outside the local area network;
determining 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, sending a request for authorization;
receiving 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, providing a connection to the resource.