Parallel Network Switching via Device Management Profile
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current network authentication methods, such as HTTP Basic Authentication, are insecure as they transmit credentials in plaintext, making it easy for attackers to intercept and compromise network security.
Innovation Solution
Implementing a system that maintains parallel networks, where a user device connects to a non-compliant network for initial access and then switches to a compliant network for secure resource access, using a device management profile to configure settings and ensure secure connections.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If HTTP Basic Authentication is used for network access, then user convenience is improved, but network security deteriorates due to plaintext credential transmission
Solution Approach 1:
The network is segmented into two distinct networks: a first network that allows convenient access without device management profiles, and a second network that provides secure access to protected resources. This segmentation allows users to experience convenience on the first network while security is maintained on the second network, resolving the contradiction between ease of operation and network security.
2Device complexity
If a single network provides both unsecured and secured resource access, then network simplicity is improved, but security reliability deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The system divides network resources into two separate networks: unsecured resources accessible via the first network and secured resources accessible via the second network. This segmentation ensures that secured resources are isolated from unsecured access paths, thereby improving security reliability while maintaining overall network simplicity through clear separation of concerns.
Solution Approach 2:
A device management profile acts as an intermediary mechanism that enables controlled access from the first network to the second network. The profile installation process serves as a mediator that transitions devices between networks based on security requirements, allowing secured resource access only when appropriate authentication and profile installation occur.
3Reliability
If parallel networks are implemented for security, then security reliability is improved, but device complexity increases due to network switching requirements
Solution Approach 1:
The device automatically performs network switching based on the presence or absence of a device management profile, without requiring manual user intervention. The system self-manages the transition between first and second networks by detecting profile installation status and autonomously routing traffic appropriately, thereby reducing the perceived complexity for users while maintaining security reliability.
Solution Approach 2:
The network configuration is made dynamic through automatic switching between first and second networks based on real-time detection of device management profile status. This dynamic adaptation allows the system to adjust network connectivity according to security requirements without requiring static complex configuration, resolving the contradiction between security reliability and device complexity.
4Reliability
If device management profiles are required for secured resource access, then security reliability is improved, but ease of operation deteriorates due to additional configuration steps
Solution Approach 1:
The device management profile is installed in advance on the device before access to secured resources is attempted. This preliminary action ensures that when users need to access protected resources, the security credentials and configurations are already in place, eliminating the need for manual configuration at the moment of access and maintaining ease of operation while ensuring security reliability.
Solution Approach 2:
The device management profile serves as an intermediary that bridges the gap between convenient first network access and secure second network access. By pre-installing the profile as an intermediary component, the system enables automatic transitions between networks without requiring users to manually configure security settings, thus maintaining ease of operation while achieving security reliability.
Data Source
AI summary
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for switching between parallel networks. One of the methods includes maintaining a plurality of parallel networks including a first network that precludes access to secure resources, and a second network that provides access both to unsecured resources and secured resources, enabling a user device access to connect to the first network, receiving input from the user device seeking access to one or more secured resources, in response to the received input, installing a device management profile on the user device, and causing the user device to switch from the connection to the first network to a connection to the second network.