Peripheral Device Authentication via Edge Token
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing virtual desktop technologies waste hardware and software resources on client devices and face challenges in rapid user interaction and data security due to reliance on remote servers for computational processing, leading to a poor user experience and security concerns.
Innovation Solution
Peripheral devices are enabled to directly connect to edge devices for resource usage, allowing for local processing and authentication, reducing network resource consumption and enhancing security through a method involving authentication requests with identifiers and location information between peripheral and edge devices.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If peripheral devices directly connect to edge devices for virtual desktop access, then network resource consumption is reduced and processing speed is improved, but authentication security requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements preliminary authentication actions by establishing authentication token mechanisms before peripheral devices connect to edge devices. The authentication server pre- validates device credentials and generates authentication tokens that are verified during connection establishment, ensuring security requirements are met before resource access is granted
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an authentication server as an intermediary component between peripheral devices and edge devices. This mediator handles authentication requests, validates device credentials, and manages authentication tokens, thereby decoupling the security verification process from the direct device-to-device connection and enabling scalable security management
2Reliability
If authentication mechanisms are implemented between peripheral devices and edge devices, then security is enhanced, but communication overhead and authentication time increase
Solution Approach 1:
The authentication server performs credential validation and token generation in advance during device registration or initial connection attempts. Subsequent connections can reuse these pre-validated authentication tokens, reducing the time required for repeated authentication while maintaining security
Solution Approach 2:
The patent uses authentication tokens as simplified copies of full credential verification. Instead of repeatedly transmitting and validating complete device credentials, the system uses compact token representations that can be quickly verified, reducing authentication time while preserving security
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AI summary
Methods, devices, and computer program products for authenticating a peripheral device are provided in embodiments of the present disclosure. In one method, a peripheral device sends, to an edge device, a first authentication request for at least the peripheral device to use resources of the edge device, the first authentication request comprising at least a first identifier associated with the peripheral device and location information of the peripheral device. Then, the peripheral device receives an authentication success or failure indication from the edge device. In this way, effective authentication of a peripheral device can be realized with a less complicated authentication process, so that the security of access of the peripheral device to a virtual desktop can be improved while ensuring good user experience.