System for and method of securing a network utilizing credentials

摘要

A system for and method of securing a network are described herein. A receiving device listens for packets with proper credentials. If a transmitting device sends the correct credentials, the receiving device will respond with an acknowledgment and further data is able to be transmitted. However, if the transmitting device does not send a packet with the proper credentials, then the receiving device will drop the packet and not respond. Thus, the transmitting device will be unaware of the presence of the receiving device, in particular when hackers are using scanning software to locate target devices.

主权项

1. A method of increasing network security comprising:
a. transmitting an initial packet from a first device to a second device; b. receiving the initial packet at the second device from the first device; c. verifying the initial packet for proper credentials; d. sending an acknowledgment from the second device to the first device only if the proper credentials are verified; and e. transmitting one or more subsequent packets from the first device to the second device without verifying the subsequent packets have proper credentials;wherein the verification of the initial packet is performed independent of whether a device identifier or a user identifier of the first device is recognized by the second device, and further wherein the credentials are verified at the second device.