Abstract: A router management server may be utilized to manage a plurality of home routers. Appropriate access control rules may be determined by the router management server for various client devices including IoT devices based on the type and/or make/model of the client devices. MAC address-bound WLAN passphrases may be assigned to the client devices and bound to the MAC addresses associated the client devices. Further, WLAN passphrases may be associated with expiration periods and/or access control rules. Therefore, a secure home network environment that takes into account the vulnerabilities of IoT devices may be achieved without the involvement of an IT department. Moreover, Flexibility of WLAN passphrase management may be improved.

Abstract: A system for the maintenance and creation of security tunnels between IoT devices and IoT cloud servers, comprising the steps of receiving one or more packets from one or more IoT devices in a smart router, routing the one or more packets to an agent within the router, the agent performing one or more services on the one or more packets, routing the one or more packets to a WAN port of the router, and sending the one or more packets by a cloud secure tunnel to one or more IoT cloud servers. The system may have secure tunnels that are formed between the IoT devices using a unique password for each IoT device. The additional step of selectively stopping communication between the IoT devices and the router, wherein when the communication of one IoT device to the router is compromised, the remaining tunnels with unique passwords are integral.