Authentication Warning Control for Global IP Communications
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing information processing apparatuses fail to appropriately adjust authentication settings based on network environments, particularly when communicating with external devices having global IP addresses, leading to potential security vulnerabilities.
Innovation Solution
The apparatus determines the presence of a global IP address in communication packets and issues warnings or prompts for enhanced authentication measures, such as multi-factor authentication, when a global IP address is detected, ensuring secure communication.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If the information processing apparatus communicates with external devices using global IP addresses, then network connectivity and accessibility are improved, but security risk increases due to exposure to Internet-based threats
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies local quality by issuing security warnings specifically when global IP addresses are detected in communication packets, rather than applying uniform security measures to all communications. The control unit analyzes the IP address type and selectively prompts users to enable multi-factor authentication only for external communications, thereby addressing security risks locally where they are most critical while maintaining network connectivity versatility.
2Reliability
If multi-factor authentication is always required, then security is improved, but ease of operation deteriorates due to additional authentication steps
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements dynamics by making the authentication requirement conditional rather than static. The control unit dynamically determines whether to prompt for multi-factor authentication based on real-time analysis of communication packet IP addresses. When a global IP address is detected, the system dynamically activates the authentication prompt; when only private IP addresses are involved, the prompt remains inactive, thereby adapting security measures to the actual communication context.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent applies parameter changes by altering the authentication state parameter based on network environment parameters. The control unit monitors IP address parameters in communication packets and changes the authentication requirement parameter accordingly. This conditional parameter adjustment allows the system to maintain high security when needed while preserving operational convenience in trusted private network environments.
3Reliability
If security warnings are issued for all communications, then user awareness of security risks is improved, but information overload occurs causing user distraction
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies the extraction principle by selectively removing security warnings from communications that do not involve global IP addresses. The control unit extracts and analyzes the IP address information from communication packets and issues warnings only when global IP addresses are detected. This selective extraction approach filters out unnecessary warning information, preventing user distraction while maintaining security awareness for truly external communications.
Data Source
AI summary
An information processing apparatus configured to communicate with an external information processing apparatus is configured to determine, based on the information processing apparatus having communicated with the external information processing apparatus, whether information indicating a global Internet Protocol (IP) address is included in an IP header of a communication packet in the communication, and perform control to issue a warning about a predetermined authentication setting in a case where it is determined that the information indicating the global IP address is included, and the predetermined authentication setting is not made on the information processing apparatus, and so as not to issue the warning about the predetermined authentication setting in a case where it is determined that the information indicating the global IP address is not included.