Packet Security Encapsulation for Network Device Trust Verification

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current network security solutions, such as blackhole and traffic cleaning methods, either cause service interruptions or significant delays, failing to ensure both real-time performance and continuity during packet attacks.

Innovation Solution

A communication method that encapsulates security information within packets, allowing network devices to determine trustworthiness without deep parsing, ensuring continuity and real-time performance by using verification information like password protection and anti-replay data.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If deep parsing is performed on packets to identify normal and abnormal service packets, then service continuity can be ensured, but service delay increases and real-time performance cannot be guaranteed

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveservice continuityVSAvoidservice delay
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies preliminary action by pre-establishing a blacklist of abnormal service packets and pre-configuring parsing rules at network devices. When packets arrive, the system first checks against the pre-established blacklist and rules, avoiding the need for time-consuming deep parsing of all packets in real-time. This allows the system to quickly identify and block known malicious packets while maintaining service continuity for legitimate traffic.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

2Reliability

If all received traffic is sent to a black hole, then the attacked device is protected from packets, but service interruption occurs and service continuity cannot be ensured

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedevice protectionVSAvoidservice continuity
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies local quality by differentiating the handling of different packet types at the network device. Instead of uniformly blocking all traffic to a black hole, the system locally identifies and blocks only abnormal service packets that match pre-established criteria, while allowing normal service packets to pass through. This selective approach protects the attacked device from malicious packets while maintaining service continuity for legitimate traffic.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

3Measurement precision

If deep parsing is performed on packets, then packet inspection accuracy improves, but processing time increases and real-time performance deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvepacket inspection accuracyVSAvoidprocessing speed
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSSpeed

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies segmentation by dividing packet inspection into two stages: first checking against pre-established blacklists and simple rules for quick identification, then performing deep parsing only for packets that require it. This segmented approach allows the system to maintain high inspection accuracy for known malicious packets while quickly processing legitimate traffic, thereby preserving real-time performance.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Data Source

PatentUS20240224039A1Communication method and apparatus
Publication Date: 2024.07.04 HUAWEI TECH CO LTD
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AI summary

In accordance with an embodiment, a method applied to a first network device includes receiving a first packet from a terminal; and sending a second packet to a second network device, where the second packet is obtained by encapsulating security information in the first packet, and the security information indicates that the second packet is a trusted packet determined by the first network device.