Interceptor-Based Web Protocol Security Integration
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Solution Overview
Problem
Web application developers often fail to meet security requirements, leading to security vulnerabilities due to inexperience, lack of knowledge, or incorrect implementation of security protocols, which can result in privacy and business data breaches.
Innovation Solution
The integration of a security protocol in web applications using interceptors that read and write web protocol requests, retrieve configuration data, and add extended application components to execute the protocol without disrupting core components, allowing for modular and automated security enhancements.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If developers manually implement security protocols in web applications, then security requirements can be met, but implementation complexity and time consumption increase significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an intermediary component that automatically integrates security protocol functionality into web applications. This intermediary handles the complex security implementation details, allowing developers to benefit from secure code without directly implementing the complex protocols themselves, thus resolving the contradiction between meeting security requirements and maintaining implementation simplicity
Solution Approach 2:
The security protocol implementation is designed to be self-service, where the system automatically configures and enforces security measures without requiring extensive developer intervention. The intermediary component autonomously manages security protocol integration, reducing both implementation complexity and time consumption while maintaining high security standards
2Reliability
If security protocols are integrated into existing web applications, then security vulnerabilities are reduced, but modification of existing code is required
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the security protocol functionality into a separate, modular intermediary component that can be independently integrated into existing web applications. This segmentation allows security enhancements to be added without requiring comprehensive modification of the existing codebase, thereby reducing security vulnerabilities while maintaining ease of integration
Solution Approach 2:
The intermediary component is designed with universal functionality that can be applied across different web applications and security protocols. This multi-functional design enables a single integration mechanism to provide security vulnerability reduction across various applications without requiring application-specific customizations, thus improving ease of integration
3Reliability
If comprehensive security validation is performed on web protocol requests, then security is enhanced, but processing time and system performance decrease
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements preliminary action by pre-configuring security validation rules and protocols in the intermediary component before requests are processed. This advance preparation allows the system to perform comprehensive security validation without adding significant processing time during runtime, as the validation framework is already established and optimized beforehand
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces manual, mechanical security validation processes with automated electronic validation mechanisms in the intermediary component. This substitution enables comprehensive security checking to be performed efficiently through automated algorithms rather than manual processes, maintaining high security validation effectiveness while minimizing impact on request processing speed
Data Source
AI summary
Techniques for integrating a security protocol in an application include receiving a web protocol request generated by the application at an interceptor, the interceptor configured to read and write the web protocol request; receiving a selection of a role comprising one or more validation aspects and a plurality of extended application components; based on reading the web protocol request, retrieving configuration data associated with the web protocol request; adding the plurality of extended application components using the configuration data; and executing the web protocol in the application using the selected role.