Server Credential Interception and Disabling for HTTP Leak Detection

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current systems that access resources over HTTP protocols face inefficiencies due to additional round trips for authentication, which can lead to insecure transmission of credentials, and passive monitoring systems are slow to react to credential leaks, allowing potential malicious use.

Innovation Solution

A processing device intercepts requests to determine if they use unsecured protocols and contain authentication credentials, authenticates these credentials, and automatically disables them to prevent misuse, sending notifications to the owner.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If authentication credentials are transmitted over HTTP protocol, then resource access is enabled, but credentials may be leaked in unsecured transmission

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveresource accessVSAvoidcredential security

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of operationVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary authentication by intercepting and validating credentials before they are transmitted over the unsecured HTTP protocol. The server validates credentials in advance, generates session tokens, and uses these tokens for subsequent authenticated communication, preventing credential leakage while maintaining resource access.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

2Loss of information

If passive monitoring systems are used to detect credential leaks, then credential transmission can be monitored, but response time is delayed allowing malicious use

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvecredential leak detectionVSAvoidresponse time

Core Design Contradiction:

Loss of informationVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system implements real-time feedback mechanisms where the server immediately detects, validates, and responds to credential transmission attempts. When credentials are intercepted, the server validates them and either grants access with session tokens or triggers immediate alerts, providing continuous feedback that enables instant response to credential leaks.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #23Feedback

3Reliability

If additional round trips are performed for authentication, then secure access is ensured, but resource usage increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvesecure accessVSAvoidresource usage

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSUse of energy by moving object

Solution Approach 1:

The system establishes continuous authenticated sessions using session tokens after initial credential validation. Once credentials are validated and a session token is generated, multiple resource requests can be made without repeating the full authentication round trip, maintaining secure access while reducing resource usage through continuous session-based authentication.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #20Continuity of useful action

Data Source

PatentUS11265345B2Server detection of leaked credentials over HTTP

Publication Date: 2022.03.01 RED HAT INC

AI summary

In some implementations, systems and methods for detecting leaked credentials in a request for a network resource are provided. A request to access a resource on a network is analyzed to determine if the request was transmitted using an unsecured protocol, and if so, determine whether the request includes authentication credentials. If the request includes authentication credentials, the authentication credentials are authenticated and in response to determining that the authentication credentials are authentic, the authentication credentials are disabled. One or more notifications may be transmitted to an owner of the disabled authentication credentials.