Verifying identity of a source of a transmission
AssigneeUab 360 It
InventorMohamed Adly Amer Elgaafary
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Abstract
A method including configuring a security device to store, in a database, a trusted fingerprint determined based at least in part on encrypting trusted connection information included in a trusted transmission packet received from a trusted source application; configuring the security device to determine a current fingerprint based at least in part on encrypting current connection information included in a current transmission packet received from a current source application; configuring the security device to compare the current fingerprint with the trusted fingerprint; and configuring the security device to process the current transmission packet based at least in part on a result of comparing the current fingerprint with the trusted fingerprint. Various other aspects are contemplated.
Claims20
A method, comprising:
- configuring a security device to store, in a database during a reference period, a trusted fingerprint determined based at least in part on encrypting trusted connection information included in a trusted transmission packet received from a trusted source application, the trusted connection information including information to be utilized for connecting with the trusted source application, which is known to be unaffected by malware;
- configuring the security device to determine, during an operation period, a current fingerprint based at least in part on encrypting current connection information included in a current transmission packet received from a current source application, the current connection information including information to be utilized for connecting with the current source application;
- configuring the security device to compare the current fingerprint with the trusted fingerprint;
- and
- configuring the security device to process the current transmission packet based at least in part on a result of comparing the current fingerprint with the trusted fingerprint.
An infrastructure device, comprising:
- a memory;
- and
- a processor communicatively coupled to the memory, the memory and the processor being configured to:
- configure a security device to store, in a database during a reference period, a trusted fingerprint determined based at least in part on encrypting trusted connection information included in a trusted transmission packet received from a trusted source application, the trusted connection information including information to be utilized for connecting with the trusted source application, which is known to be unaffected by malware;
- configure the security device to determine, during an operation period, a current fingerprint based at least in part on encrypting current connection information included in a current transmission packet received from a current source application, the current connection information including information to be utilized for connecting with the current source application;
- configure the security device to compare the current fingerprint with the trusted fingerprint;
- and
- configure the security device to process the current transmission packet based at least in part on a result of comparing the current fingerprint with the trusted fingerprint.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium configured to store instructions, which when executed by a processor associated with an infrastructure device, cause the processor to:
- configure a security device to store, in a database during a reference period, a trusted fingerprint determined based at least in part on encrypting trusted connection information included in a trusted transmission packet received from a trusted source application, the trusted connection information including information to be utilized for connecting with the trusted source application, which is known to be unaffected by malware;
- configure the security device to determine, during an operation period, a current fingerprint based at least in part on encrypting current connection information included in a current transmission packet received from a current source application, the current connection information including information to be utilized for connecting with the current source application;
- configure the security device to compare the current fingerprint with the trusted fingerprint;
- and
- configure the security device to process the current transmission packet based at least in part on a result of comparing the current fingerprint with the trusted fingerprint.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.