Apparatus for protecting access to segments in distributed systems
AssigneeVEGA Grieshaber KG
InventorsAndreas ISENMANN, Clemens HENGSTLER, Florian BURGERT
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Abstract
An apparatus for protecting access to a segment in distributed systems is provided, the apparatus including: an input device configured to acquire access data for a first field device; and a verification device configured to verify the acquired access data from a second field device, the first field device and the second field device being coupled to the segment. A computer network segment comprising at least two apparatuses, a method of protecting access to a segment in distributed systems, and a nontransitory computer-readable storage medium are also provided.
Claims13
An apparatus for protecting access to a segment in distributed systems, the apparatus comprising:
- an input device configured to acquire access data for a first field device;
- and
- a verification device configured to verify the acquired access data from a second field device,
- wherein the first field device and the second field device are coupled to the segment.
A method of protecting access to a segment in distributed systems, the method comprising steps of:
- acquiring access data for a first field device;
- and
- verifying captured credentials from a second field device,
- wherein the first field device and the second field device are coupled to the segment.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.