Linking Server Mediator for Secure Message Communication
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current message communication systems face security vulnerabilities due to the use of domain names and IP addresses, which are easily remembered by users but also easily compromised by hackers, leading to inadequate data transmission security.
Innovation Solution
A message communication system and operation method that involves a linking server, a remote device, and a management server, where each generates specific login requests and response messages to obtain service lists, connection lists, and permission sets, using unique verification codes to establish secure connections without directly using domain names or IP addresses.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If domain names or IP addresses are used for connection, then ease of operation is improved (domain names are easier to remember), but security is worsened (they are public information easily compromised by hackers)
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a linking server as an intermediary between remote devices and the target server. The linking server generates verification codes that enable secure connections without exposing domain names or IP addresses. This mediator architecture allows users to connect easily through verification codes while the intermediary protects the actual server identification information from hackers, thus resolving the contradiction between ease of operation and security.
2Reliability
If verification codes are used instead of domain names or IP addresses, then security is improved, but device complexity is worsened (multiple servers and login requests are involved)
Solution Approach 1:
The linking server is designed as a universal multi-functional component that handles multiple tasks: generating verification codes, managing login requests, maintaining service lists, and facilitating connections between multiple remote devices and the target server. By consolidating these functions into a single versatile intermediary, the system achieves high security without proportionally increasing complexity, as the linking server performs multiple security-related functions in one centralized location.
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AI summary
An operation method of a message communication system includes the following steps. At least one linking server generates a first login request. A management server generates a first response message according to the first login request. The at least one linking server obtains a service list according to the first response message. At least one remote device generates a second login request. The management server generates a second response message according to the second login request. The at least one remote device obtains a connection list and a permission set according to the second response message. The at least one remote device generates a connection request according the connection list. The at least one linking server generates a third response message according the connection request and the service list. The at least one remote device and linking server generate a connection state according to the third response message.