Centralized Security Mechanism for Diverse Computing Systems
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Solution Overview
Problem
In diverse computing environments, conventional security techniques face challenges in efficiently authenticating and authorizing entities across multiple servers and clients, leading to inconsistencies and increased complexity as ecosystems become more diverse, making secure collaboration difficult.
Innovation Solution
A centralized security mechanism that generates client-side and server-side tokens for authentication and authorization, allowing clients to verify their identity and servers to access services across the ecosystem, thereby simplifying security management and reducing inconsistencies.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If conventional security techniques are used in diverse computing environments, then each server and client can operate independently, but security management complexity increases and inconsistencies arise across the ecosystem
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a universal token-based authentication and authorization framework that works across diverse computing systems (mainframe, distributed, mobile, cloud). Instead of implementing separate security mechanisms for each system type, the invention uses a single token structure that can be universally accepted and verified across all platforms, thereby reducing security management complexity while maintaining compatibility.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces tokens as intermediary objects that mediate between authentication/authorization services and resource access. These tokens serve as a common language that different security systems can understand and verify, eliminating the need for direct integration between diverse security mechanisms and reducing overall system complexity.
2Reliability
If separate security configurations are implemented for each server, then each server can be secured independently, but the overall security ecosystem becomes inconsistent and harder to manage
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges separate authentication and authorization mechanisms into a unified token-based system. Instead of managing independent security configurations for each server, the invention combines these functions into a single token that encapsulates both authentication credentials and authorization permissions, making security management more consistent and easier to operate across the entire ecosystem.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent performs authentication and authorization actions in advance by issuing tokens before resource access attempts. This preliminary action ensures that security verification is already completed when resources are accessed, eliminating the need for repeated authentication checks and simplifying ongoing security management while maintaining reliable security enforcement.
3Ease of operation
If token-based authentication is implemented across the ecosystem, then security consistency improves, but the initial setup and token management infrastructure becomes more complex
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements self-service mechanisms where clients and servers can independently verify token authenticity using public keys or verification algorithms without requiring complex centralized validation infrastructure. This allows the system to achieve security consistency through distributed verification, reducing the complexity of centralized token management infrastructure while maintaining ease of operation.
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AI summary
A security mechanism, e.g., a computing system, security server, can effectively serve as a centralized security mechanism, e.g., a computing system, security server, for an ecosystem that can include diverse clients and servers. The security mechanism can obtain redirected requests for services, authenticate credentials of a client and generate a (client-side) token that can be provided by the client to the server for verification of the identity of the client. The security mechanism can also obtain a token from a server that can be similar to a (client-side) token provided to a client and then generate a (server-side) token that can be provided to a server. The server-side token can include authorization information that allows access to one or more services of one or more other servers.