Decentralized Authentication via Hierarchical Reputation Scoring
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current distributed computing systems face inefficiencies and resource-intensive security protocols when reacting to malicious threats, as centralized authentication and authorization can lead to operational degradation and bottlenecks, especially with increasing numbers of components and data.
Innovation Solution
A decentralized security authentication system utilizing a decentralize module that assigns reputation scores to components, organizing them into hierarchical levels and subsets for efficient authentication and authorization, employing a decentralized secret sharing scheme to distribute authentication tasks across multiple components.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If centralized authentication and authorization protocols are implemented in distributed computing systems, then security against malicious threats is improved, but system operational efficiency and performance degrade due to bottlenecks
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the centralized authentication system into distributed authentication groups comprising multiple components. Each group independently performs authentication tasks, eliminating the single-point bottleneck. The segmentation divides the system into hierarchical levels where authentication can occur at multiple distributed points simultaneously, maintaining security while improving operational efficiency.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a hierarchical dimension to the authentication system, organizing components into multiple levels. This dimensional transformation allows authentication to occur across different hierarchical strata rather than through a single centralized point, enabling parallel processing and reducing bottlenecks while maintaining comprehensive security coverage.
2Quantity of substance
If the number of components in distributed computing systems increases, then system capability and data capacity are improved, but security protocol complexity and resource consumption increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the growing component population into structured authentication groups organized by hierarchical levels. This segmentation prevents security protocol complexity from scaling linearly with component quantity by creating manageable, organized units. Each group operates semi-independently, reducing the overall computational burden and protocol complexity despite increasing system size.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent applies local quality by assigning different authentication characteristics and requirements to different hierarchical levels and groups. Rather than applying uniform security protocols across all components, the system tailors authentication mechanisms to local group characteristics, reducing overall complexity while maintaining appropriate security for each segment.
3Ease of operation
If traditional authentication protocols are used without dynamic adjustment, then system simplicity is maintained, but responsiveness to malicious threats and adaptability decrease
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements dynamics by making authentication group composition and hierarchical structure adaptable rather than static. The system can dynamically reconfigure authentication groups and adjust hierarchical levels in response to detected threats or changing conditions, maintaining relative simplicity while gaining threat responsiveness. This dynamic capability allows the system to evolve its security posture without fundamental redesign.
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AI summary
A computing system can have a data storage device connected to a host as part of a distributed computing system with an initial reputation score assigned to the data storage device with a decentralize module. The data storage device is positioned in a hierarchical device organization based on the reputation score with the hierarchical device organization maintained by the decentralize module. A decentralized secret sharing scheme generated by the decentralize module can authenticate the host with multiple different secrets sourced from different components logically positioned in different levels of the hierarchical device organization.