Network Address Verification via Payload Hashing
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Solution Overview
Problem
Managing and verifying client network addresses in distributed computing systems is challenging for service providers and clients, as existing methods lack robustness in ensuring ownership and secure data transmission.
Innovation Solution
A network address verification process involving service providers generating and transmitting a payload to client devices, which respond with a transformed version, allowing verification of IP address ownership and association through hash-based authentication, ensuring secure data routing and connection only to verified devices.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If service providers transmit data to client-provided network addresses, then data transmission capability is improved, but security and reliability of data transmission deteriorates due to inability to verify ownership
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies preliminary action by performing IP address verification before data transmission. The service provider sends a verification payload to the client device at the claimed IP address, receives a transformed response, and confirms ownership before establishing data transmission channels. This pre-verification step ensures that only authorized devices can receive data, resolving the contradiction between transmission capability and security.
2Reliability
If service providers implement verification processes, then security and reliability are improved, but device complexity and operational difficulty worsen
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies self-service by requiring the client device to autonomously transform the verification payload and return the transformed data. The client device itself performs the verification proof without requiring manual intervention or complex verification infrastructure from the service provider. This simplifies the overall system complexity while maintaining high security, as the verification is performed through automated client-side transformations.
Data Source
AI summary
Data payloads that may not be accessible to customer computing devices may be utilized to verify network address ownership. In some examples, a first payload may be provided to a computing device having an address. Additionally, a second payload may be received from the computing device. Based at least in part on a relationship between the first payload and the second payload, an action associated with the address may be performed.