API Request Verification Platform for Security and Resource Conservation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current techniques fail to inspect API requests before they reach a service, leading to invalid requests being processed, which exposes services and data to security threats and wastes computing resources.
Innovation Solution
A verification platform inspects API requests before processing, authenticating users and determining permission to perform requested actions, discarding unauthorized or improperly formed requests to prevent them from reaching the service.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If the service processes all incoming API requests without inspection, then the service maintains simplicity and fast response, but security is compromised and computing resources are wasted on invalid requests
Solution Approach 1:
The verification platform performs authentication and permission verification actions before the service processes the request. This preliminary inspection validates the request contents, checks user permissions, and determines whether the request should be forwarded to the service, thereby preventing security issues and resource waste while maintaining service simplicity
Solution Approach 2:
A verification platform is introduced as an intermediary component between the client application and the service. This intermediary intercepts API requests, performs verification operations, and selectively forwards valid requests to the service, resolving the contradiction by adding verification functionality without complicating the core service logic
2Productivity
If the service processes all incoming requests including invalid ones, then ease of operation is maintained, but computing resources are wasted
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary verification of request validity, authentication, and permission checks before the service executes the request. This early validation filters out invalid requests that would waste computing resources, while the service itself remains simple and focused on processing only verified requests
3Reliability
If no request inspection is performed, then the system responds quickly to all requests, but unauthorized actions may be executed
Solution Approach 1:
Authentication and permission verification are performed as preliminary actions before request execution. The verification platform checks user credentials and determines whether the user has permission to perform the requested action before forwarding the request to the service, preventing unauthorized actions while minimizing time loss through efficient pre-validation
Data Source
AI summary
A device may receive, from a user equipment (UE), authentication data that includes user information associated with a user of the UE. The device may determine whether the user is authorized to make requests to a service. The device may grant access to the user to make requests to the service. The device may receive, from the UE, a request that is intended for the service. The request may relate to an action that is to be performed by the service. The device may determine whether the user has permission to request the action. The device may provide the request to the service. The device may receive, from the service, a response to the request. The device may provide, to the UE, the response.