SECURE SERVICE ADVERTISEMENT IN MULTICAST DNS

A method for a network device is provided, the method comprising obtaining device fingerprint data representing a first set of characteristics of a device connected to the network and an associated confidence score representative of a confidence in the first set of characteristics, obtaining a thres...

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Hauptverfasser:	ATREYA, Vivek Lakshminarayana, MIRANDA, Trevor, ANKAIAH, Shashi Hosakere
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng ; fre ; ger
Schlagworte:	CALCULATING COMPUTING COUNTING ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING ELECTRICITY PHYSICS TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHICCOMMUNICATION WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS
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Zusammenfassung:	A method for a network device is provided, the method comprising obtaining device fingerprint data representing a first set of characteristics of a device connected to the network and an associated confidence score representative of a confidence in the first set of characteristics, obtaining a threshold confidence score, receiving a service advertisement message from the device, the service advertisement message including an indication of a second set of characteristics of the device. The method then involves determining whether the first set of characteristics are inconsistent with the second set of characteristics and performing a predetermined action in dependence on an outcome of this determining and on a comparison of the confidence score with the threshold confidence score. A network device configured to perform the method, and a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions for executing the method are also provided.