Payload Validation Token for Secure Deployment
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current computing systems lack robust validation mechanisms to ensure that payloads are deployed to the correct target environment, making them vulnerable to unauthorized deployment or tampering, as surreptitious users can misuse tokens by attaching or generating fake payloads.
Innovation Solution
A payload validation system that generates a token with unique claims, including payload identifying metadata and deployment target information, which is validated using public key signatures to ensure the token corresponds to the intended payload and target environment, preventing unauthorized deployment.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If tokens are used to approve payload deployment, then deployment efficiency is improved, but security is worsened because surreptitious users can misuse tokens by attaching or generating fake payloads
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements feedback by having the deployment pipeline validate the payload against the token claims before deployment. The payload validation system checks whether the payload identifying metadata matches the claims in the token, creating a feedback loop that prevents unauthorized deployments while maintaining efficient token-based approval processes.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a payload validation system as an intermediary component between the deployment pipeline and the target environment. This intermediary validates that the payload matches the token claims before allowing deployment, thereby securing the process without blocking the efficient token-based workflow.
2Reliability
If payload validation is implemented to prevent unauthorized deployment, then security is improved, but device complexity is worsened due to additional validation components
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary action by validating the payload against the token claims before deployment occurs. The payload validation system checks the matching conditions in advance, ensuring security is established prior to the deployment action, thereby preventing unauthorized deployments without requiring complex runtime security mechanisms.
3Measurement precision
If token claims include detailed payload identifying information, then measurement precision is improved for validation, but loss of information is worsened due to potential exposure of sensitive deployment details
Solution Approach 1:
The system extracts only the necessary payload identifying metadata into the token claims for validation purposes. By taking out only the essential identifying information needed for validation rather than all payload details, the system achieves sufficient validation accuracy while minimizing the exposure of sensitive deployment information.
Data Source
AI summary
A payload is generated by a build computing system. The payload includes payload identifying metadata and deployment target identifier metadata, as well as an application container that includes a set of signed binaries. The payload can be approved for deployment, and a token can be generated for the payload. The token may include a set of claims that include payload identifying information. A payload validation system validates the payload for deployment to a target environment using the payload identifying information.