diff --git a/connections/authenticated/authenticated.go b/connections/authenticated/authenticated.go
index 66e15ecae95d61724a382315285a2a893899421f..65942fa0caca70298d1d042175413353a247b7a1 100644
--- a/connections/authenticated/authenticated.go
+++ b/connections/authenticated/authenticated.go
@@ -37,9 +37,9 @@ type Connection interface {
 	IsAuthenticated() bool
 }
 
-// ConnectionCallback is the callback format required to retrieve
+// Callback is the callback format required to retrieve
 // new authenticated.Connection objects as they are established.
-type ConnectionCallback func(connection Connection)
+type Callback func(connection Connection)
 
 // ConnectWithAuthentication is called by the client, ie the one establishing
 // connection with the server. Once a connect.Connection has been established
@@ -86,10 +86,9 @@ func ConnectWithAuthentication(recipient contact.Contact, myId *id.ID,
 	// Record since we first successfully sen the message
 	timeStart := netTime.Now()
 
-	authConnChan := make(chan Connection, 1)
-
 	// Determine that the message is properly sent by tracking the success
 	// of the round(s)
+	authConnChan := make(chan Connection, 1)
 	roundCb := cmix.RoundEventCallback(func(allRoundsSucceeded,
 		timedOut bool, rounds map[id.Round]cmix.RoundResult) {
 		if allRoundsSucceeded {
@@ -102,14 +101,18 @@ func ConnectWithAuthentication(recipient contact.Contact, myId *id.ID,
 		}
 	})
 
+	// Find the remaining time in the timeout since we first sent the message
 	remainingTime := e2eParams.Timeout - netTime.Since(timeStart)
+
+	// Track the result of the round(s) we sent the
+	// identity authentication message on
 	err = net.GetRoundResults(remainingTime,
 		roundCb, rids...)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, errors.Errorf("could not track rounds for successful " +
 			"identity confirmation message delivery")
 	}
-	// Block waiting for auth to confirm it timeouts
+	// Block waiting for confirmation of the round(s) success (or timeout
 	jww.DEBUG.Printf("Connection waiting for authenticated "+
 		"connection with %s to be established...", recipient.ID.String())
 	timeout := time.NewTimer(p.Timeout)
@@ -134,7 +137,7 @@ func ConnectWithAuthentication(recipient contact.Contact, myId *id.ID,
 // will handle authenticated requests and verify the client's attempt to
 // authenticate themselves. An established authenticated.Connection will
 // be passed via the callback.
-func StartServer(cb ConnectionCallback,
+func StartServer(cb Callback,
 	myId *id.ID, privKey *cyclic.Int,
 	rng *fastRNG.StreamGenerator, grp *cyclic.Group, net cmix.Client,
 	p connect.Params) error {
@@ -146,7 +149,7 @@ func StartServer(cb ConnectionCallback,
 		// message is received and validated, an authenticated connection will
 		// be passed along via the callback
 		connection.RegisterListener(catalog.ConnectionAuthenticationRequest,
-			handleAuthConfirmation(cb, connection))
+			buildAuthConfirmationHandler(cb, connection))
 	})
 	return connect.StartServer(connCb, myId, privKey, rng, grp,
 		net, p)
diff --git a/connections/authenticated/client.go b/connections/authenticated/client.go
index fd66428318df2d12e6484ec41a13d1ab27c3ebe5..dbf7027dae1ac9cc593fa56996ec94307e0a1769 100644
--- a/connections/authenticated/client.go
+++ b/connections/authenticated/client.go
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+// Copyright © 2020 xx network SEZC                                          //
+//                                                                           //
+// Use of this source code is governed by a license that can be found in the //
+// LICENSE file                                                              //
+///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+
 package authenticated
 
 import (
@@ -40,7 +47,6 @@ func makeClientAuthRequest(newPartner partner.Manager,
 	}
 	payload, err := proto.Marshal(iar)
 	if err != nil {
-
 		return nil, errors.Errorf("failed to marshal identity request "+
 			"message: %+v", err)
 	}
diff --git a/connections/authenticated/server.go b/connections/authenticated/server.go
index 0ae4b1ae38aba7cfb353199aae26e57e6fbcd06d..5435f2b0302a66e3c0d969dc75e817bdd2096403 100644
--- a/connections/authenticated/server.go
+++ b/connections/authenticated/server.go
@@ -31,42 +31,40 @@ type server interface {
 type serverListener struct {
 	// connectionCallback allows an authenticated.Connection
 	// to be passed back upon establishment.
-	connectionCallback ConnectionCallback
+	connectionCallback Callback
 
 	// conn used to retrieve the connection context with the partner.
 	conn connect.Connection
 }
 
-// handleAuthConfirmation returns a serverListener object.
-func handleAuthConfirmation(cb ConnectionCallback,
+// buildAuthConfirmationHandler returns a serverListener object.
+// This will handle incoming identity authentication confirmations
+// via the serverListener.Hear method. A successful authenticated.Connection
+// will be passed along via the serverListener.connectionCallback
+func buildAuthConfirmationHandler(cb Callback,
 	connection connect.Connection) server {
-	return serverListener{
+	return &serverListener{
 		connectionCallback: cb,
 		conn:               connection,
 	}
 }
 
 // Hear handles the reception of an IdentityAuthentication by the
-// server.
+// server. It will attempt to verify the identity confirmation of
+// the given client.
 func (a serverListener) Hear(item receive.Message) {
 	// Process the message data into a protobuf
 	iar := &IdentityAuthentication{}
 	err := proto.Unmarshal(item.Payload, iar)
 	if err != nil {
-		jww.ERROR.Printf("Unable to build connection with "+
-			"partner %s: %+v", item.Sender, err)
-		// Send a nil connection to avoid hold-ups down the line
-		a.connectionCallback(nil)
+		a.handleAuthConfirmationErr(err, item.Sender)
 		return
 	}
 
 	// Process the PEM encoded public key to an rsa.PublicKey object
 	partnerPubKey, err := rsa.LoadPublicKeyFromPem(iar.RsaPubKey)
 	if err != nil {
-		jww.ERROR.Printf("Unable to build connection with "+
-			"partner %s: %+v", item.Sender, err)
-		// Send a nil connection to avoid hold-ups down the line
-		a.connectionCallback(nil)
+		a.handleAuthConfirmationErr(err, item.Sender)
 		return
 	}
 
@@ -77,18 +75,12 @@ func (a serverListener) Hear(item receive.Message) {
 	// along the wire
 	partnerWireId, err := xx.NewID(partnerPubKey, iar.Salt, id.User)
 	if err != nil {
-		jww.ERROR.Printf("Unable to parse identity information with "+
-			"partner %s: %+v", item.Sender, err)
-		// Send a nil connection to avoid hold-ups down the line
-		a.connectionCallback(nil)
+		a.handleAuthConfirmationErr(err, item.Sender)
 		return
 	}
 
 	if !newPartner.PartnerId().Cmp(partnerWireId) {
-		jww.ERROR.Printf("Unable to verify identity information with "+
-			"partner %s: %+v", item.Sender, err)
-		// Send a nil connection to avoid hold-ups down the line
-		a.connectionCallback(nil)
+		a.handleAuthConfirmationErr(err, item.Sender)
 		return
 	}
 
@@ -105,10 +97,8 @@ func (a serverListener) Hear(item receive.Message) {
 	// Verify the signature
 	err = rsa.Verify(partnerPubKey, opts.Hash, nonce, iar.Signature, opts)
 	if err != nil {
-		jww.ERROR.Printf("Unable to build connection with "+
-			"partner %s: %+v", item.Sender, err)
-		// Send a nil connection to avoid hold-ups down the line
-		a.connectionCallback(nil)
+		a.handleAuthConfirmationErr(err, item.Sender)
+		return
 	}
 
 	// If successful, pass along the established authenticated connection
@@ -120,6 +110,20 @@ func (a serverListener) Hear(item receive.Message) {
 	a.connectionCallback(authConn)
 }
 
+// handleAuthConfirmationErr is a helper function which will close the connection
+// between the server and the client. It will also print out the passed in error.
+func (a serverListener) handleAuthConfirmationErr(err error, sender *id.ID) {
+	jww.ERROR.Printf("Unable to build connection with "+
+		"partner %s: %+v", sender, err)
+	// Send a nil connection to avoid hold-ups down the line
+	a.connectionCallback(nil)
+	err = a.conn.Close()
+	if err != nil {
+		jww.ERROR.Printf("Failed to close connection with partner %s: %v",
+			sender, err)
+	}
+}
+
 // Name returns the name of this listener. This is typically for
 // printing/debugging purposes.
 func (a serverListener) Name() string {