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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 23, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 31, 2016
Entefy Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Alston Ghafourifar, Los Altos Hills, CA (US);
Joseph Kye Monroe, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Entefy Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abstract
A zero-trust network and methods of using same are disclosed. The network includes a plurality of nodes, some of which are user devices, such as mobile phones, some of which are computer servers. One or more of the nodes includes a directory system. When a server receives an access request by a user device or other node, the directory system is notified of the request. The directory system will contact a number of randomly selected nodes, and if any one of the nodes does not recognize the requesting device, the requesting device will be denied access. If every queried node is able to authenticate the requesting device, the directory system creates a session for the first device to access the server. The directory system can grant access by providing the server and device reciprocating keys. After the session ends, the accessed node is assigned a new identifier.