Security Device Warning Objects for Non-HTML Downloads
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current security devices fail to provide adequate warnings or reasons for blocking non-HTML objects, such as executable files or text files, which are deemed malicious or suspicious, as they lack the capability to generate and deliver warning objects of the same type, leading to a lack of user awareness and control over the decision to receive these objects.
Innovation Solution
Implementing a security device that can receive non-HTML objects, determine if they are malicious or suspicious, and generate a security object of the same type, which includes information about the reason for blocking or warning, allowing users to make informed decisions about receiving the object.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If security devices block non-HTML objects deemed malicious or suspicious, then security protection is improved, but user awareness and control are reduced due to lack of warning information
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a warning object as an intermediary between the blocked non-HTML object and the user. This warning object contains information about the blocked object and the reason for blocking, serving as a mediator that communicates security decisions to users without exposing the potentially malicious content itself.
Solution Approach 2:
The system provides feedback to users about security blocking decisions through the warning object. This feedback mechanism informs users about what was blocked and why, enabling informed decision-making while maintaining security protection.
2Loss of information
If security devices provide detailed warning information about blocked objects, then user awareness is improved, but device complexity increases due to need to generate and manage warning objects
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates a warning object that is a simplified representation or copy of the blocked non-HTML object. This warning object contains essential information about the blocked content without requiring the full complexity of the original object, reducing the burden on the security device while still providing user awareness.
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AI summary
A security device may receive an object destined for a user device. The object may be of an object type that does not describe a web page. The security device may determine that the user device is to be warned regarding the object. The security device may determine a warning object based on determining that the user device is to be warned. The warning object may include information associated with a reason for determining that the user device is to be warned regarding the object, and may include information that allows the user device to receive the object. The security device may provide the warning object. The security device may receive, after providing the warning object, an indication associated with the user device obtaining the object. The security device may allow the user device to obtain the object based on receiving the indication.