Secure network identification for active scanning device
AssigneeKyndryl, Inc.
InventorsCesar Bravo, David Alonso Campos Batista
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Abstract
An example operation may include one or more of storing a hash of a service set identifier (SSID) of a wireless network via an apparatus, receiving a probe request message transmitted from a network device, wherein the probe request message comprises a hash value, determining that the hash value within the probe request is a valid SSID based on the hash of the SSID of the wireless network stored in the storage device, and controlling the network interface to transmit a probe response with a plain text name of the SSID to the network device in response to the determination.
Claims15
An apparatus, comprising:
- a network interface;
- a storage device configured to store a hash of a service set identifier (SSID) of a wireless network;
- and
- a processor configured to:
- receive a previous probe request message from a network device which does not include a hash value of the SSID, and in response, determine that the network device is newly connected to the wireless network,
- automatically share the hash value of the SSID with the network device upon the determination that the network device is newly connected to the wireless network,
- subsequent to receiving the previous probe request and after disconnecting from the network device, receive a probe request message transmitted from the network device, wherein the probe request message comprises the hash value,
- determine that the hash value within the probe request is a valid SSID based on the hash of the SSID of the wireless network stored in the storage device, and
- control the network interface to transmit a probe response with a plain text name of the SSID to the network device in response to the determination.
A method, comprising:
- storing a hash of a service set identifier (SSID) of a wireless network via an apparatus;
- receiving a previous probe request message from a network device which does not include a hash value of the SSID, and in response, determining that the network device is newly connected to the wireless network,
- automatically sharing the hash value of the SSID with the network device upon the determination that the network device is newly connected to the wireless network,
- subsequent to receiving the previous probe request and after disconnecting from the network device, receiving a probe request message transmitted from the network device, wherein the probe request message comprises the hash value;
- determining that the hash value within the probe request is a valid SSID based on the hash of the SSID of the wireless network stored in the storage device;
- and
- controlling the network interface to transmit a probe response with a plain text name of the SSID to the network device in response to the determination.
A computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions, that when read by a processor, cause the processor to perform:
- storing a hash of a service set identifier (SSID) of a wireless network via an apparatus;
- receiving a previous probe request message from a network device which does not include a hash value of the SSID, and in response, determining that the network device is newly connected to the wireless network,
- automatically sharing the hash value of the SSID with the network device upon the determination that the network device is newly connected to the wireless network,
- subsequent to receiving the previous probe request and after disconnecting from the network device, receiving a probe request message transmitted from the network device, wherein the probe request message comprises the hash value;
- determining that the hash value within the probe request is a valid SSID based on the hash of the SSID of the wireless network stored in the storage device;
- and
- controlling the network interface to transmit a probe response with a plain text name of the SSID to the network device in response to the determination.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.