VM-Physical Device Connection Management via Permission Assessment
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Solution Overview
Problem
In virtual machine infrastructure, managing connections between virtual machines and physical devices is challenging due to varying configuration and context conditions, which can lead to security risks and inefficiencies in managing access permissions.
Innovation Solution
A method is implemented to dynamically control connections by assessing and adjusting the configuration of both virtual machines and physical devices based on predefined permission conditions, ensuring that both devices meet the required connection permissions before establishing or maintaining a connection.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If connection permission conditions are strictly enforced for virtual machines and physical devices, then security is improved, but connection establishment complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary assessment of connection permission conditions for both virtual machines and physical devices before connection establishment. By evaluating configurations and contexts in advance, the system determines whether connection conditions are satisfied, preventing security issues before they occur while providing clear guidance on what configurations are needed.
Solution Approach 2:
The system provides feedback information to users when connection conditions are not satisfied, indicating what specific configurations or contexts need to be changed. This feedback mechanism guides users through the necessary changes to meet security requirements, reducing the perceived complexity by providing clear, actionable information.
2Productivity
If configuration changes are automatically made to satisfy connection conditions, then connection efficiency is improved, but control over device configuration is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The system enables automatic configuration changes for virtual machines and physical devices to satisfy connection permission conditions. By performing self-service configuration adjustments, the system improves connection efficiency without requiring manual user intervention, while still maintaining security and permission requirements.
3Object-affected harmful factors
If comprehensive connection permission conditions are checked, then information leakage risk is reduced, but processing time increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system checks connection permission conditions, including configurations and contexts, before connection establishment. By performing these comprehensive security checks preliminarily, the system ensures that information leakage risks are identified and prevented before any data transfer occurs, while providing users with advance notice of any issues.
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AI summary
A computer-implemented method for controlling a connection between a virtual machine and a physical device comprises receiving a connection request for connecting the physical device to the virtual machine and determining whether the virtual machine satisfies a first connection permission condition and whether the physical device satisfies a second connection permission condition. In response to a determination that the virtual machine does not satisfy the first connection permission condition, a configuration of the virtual machine is changed to satisfy the first connection permission condition. In response to a determination that the physical device does not satisfy the second connection permission condition, a configuration of the physical device is changed to satisfy the second connection permission condition. In response to a determination that the virtual machine satisfies the first connection permission condition and that the physical device satisfies the second connection permission condition, the received connection request is accepted.