Network Access Authentication via Client Installation Detection
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing methods fail to effectively ensure network security by detecting whether security management software is installed on terminal devices accessing a network, leading to potential vulnerabilities.
Innovation Solution
An access control method that displays a login authentication page, obtains access configuration information to detect the presence of an application client, and prompts for installation if it is missing, ensuring the client is installed before allowing network access.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If security management software is installed on terminal devices to ensure network security, then network security is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a communication interface as an intermediary component that enables the terminal device to interact with the network management system. This interface serves as a mediator that facilitates security management without requiring complex software installations, thereby maintaining network security while reducing device complexity
Solution Approach 2:
The communication interface is designed to perform multiple functions: it detects whether the terminal device is installed, enables network access control, and facilitates security management. By consolidating these functions into a single interface, the patent reduces the need for separate security management software, thus improving network security while minimizing device complexity
2Reliability
If access control detection is implemented to verify application client installation, then network security is improved, but ease of operation deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent performs access control detection before allowing network access. The communication interface checks whether the terminal device is installed with the required application client prior to granting network connectivity. This preliminary action ensures network security is maintained while the process remains simple and automatic for users
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements a feedback mechanism where the network management system receives detection results from the communication interface and responds by either granting or denying network access. This automated feedback loop ensures security requirements are met while simplifying the user experience by eliminating manual verification steps
3Measurement precision
If communication interface detection is used to verify application client installation, then measurement precision is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the detection function from complex security software and implements it through a simple communication interface. This interface can be integrated into existing network access mechanisms without requiring additional software installations, thereby achieving precise detection of terminal device installation status while minimizing device complexity
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AI summary
The present disclosure relates to the field of computer technology, and discloses an access control method, a system, a device, a medium, and a program product. The method includes: displaying a login authentication page of a target application in response to an operation of making a terminal device access a first network; obtaining access configuration information of the first network, wherein the access configuration information comprises a communication interface, and the communication interface is configured to detect whether an application client of the target application is installed in the terminal device; and invoking the communication interface, and displaying first prompt information in response to a failure in invoking the communication interface, wherein the first prompt information is used to prompt to install the application client.