Protection of computing device from potential optical network intrusion attack
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsPeter Seiler, Nicolas James Jurich
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Abstract
A computing device includes an optical network transceiver and a basic input/output system (BIOS). The optical network transceiver is to connect to an optical network and to generate an event indicating that an optical signal strength has attenuated below a threshold. The BIOS is to determine generation of the event by the optical network transceiver, and responsively detect occurrence of a potential optical network intrusion attack. In response to detecting occurrence of the potential optical network intrusion attack, the BIOS is to perform an action to protect the computing device from the potential optical network intrusion attack.
Claims15
A computing device comprising:
- an optical network transceiver to connect to an optical network and to generate an event indicating that an optical signal strength has attenuated below a threshold;
- and
- a basic input/output system (BIOS) to:
- determine generation of the event by the optical network transceiver;
- in response to determining that the event has been generated by the optical network transceiver, detect occurrence of a potential optical network intrusion attack;
- and
- in response to detecting occurrence of the potential optical network intrusion attack, perform an action to protect the computing device from the potential optical network intrusion attack.
A non-transitory computer-readable data storage medium storing program code executable by a computing device to:
- determine that an optical network transceiver connected to an optical network has generated an event indicating that an optical signal strength has attenuated below a threshold;
- responsively detect occurrence of a potential optical network intrusion attack;
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- responsively perform an action to protect the computing device from the potential optical network intrusion attack.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.