METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIA FOR PROTECTING AGAINST MASS NETWORK FUNCTION (NF) DEREGISTRATION ATTACKS

    公开(公告)号:US20220360991A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-11-10

    申请号:US17314329

    申请日:2021-05-07

    IPC分类号: H04W12/122

    摘要: A method for protecting against mass NF deregistration attacks can be performed at an NRF or SCP. The method includes receiving an NFDeregister request for deregistering an NF. The method further includes classifying the NFDeregister request as suspect based on application of suspect NFDeregister request classification rules. The method further includes in response to classifying the NFDeregister request as suspect, queueing the NFDeregister request. The method further includes receiving an NF heart-beat message concerning the NF. The method further includes determining that the NF heart-beat message is received within an NF heart-beat time interval for the NF. The method further includes in response to determining that the NF heart-beat message is received within the NF heart-beat time interval for the NF, preventing processing of the NF Deregister request and blacklisting a sender of the NFDeregister request.

    METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIA FOR RESOURCE OBJECT LEVEL AUTHORIZATION AT A NETWORK FUNCTION (NF)

    公开(公告)号:US20220287089A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-09-08

    申请号:US17192800

    申请日:2021-03-04

    摘要: A method for resource object level authorization at a network function (NF) includes maintaining, by a first NF, a service based interface (SBI) resource object access authorization policy database containing policies for controlling access to SBI resource objects and dynamically populating a resource object owner database containing records for resource objects and corresponding resource object owners. The method further includes receiving, by the first NF and from a second NF, a first SBI resource object access request for accessing a resource object, accessing, using information from the first SBI resource object access request, the resource object access authorization policy database and the resource object owner database, determining that an access to the resource object requested by the first resource object access request is not permitted, and preventing the access to the resource object requested by the first resource object access request.

    METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIA FOR MITIGATING DENIAL OF SERVICE (DoS) ATTACKS AT NETWORK FUNCTIONS (NFs)

    公开(公告)号:US20220247779A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-08-04

    申请号:US17167319

    申请日:2021-02-04

    IPC分类号: H04L29/06

    摘要: A method for DoS attacks at an NF includes maintaining, at a first NF, an NF subscription database containing rules that specify maximum numbers of allowed subscriptions and corresponding rule criteria. The method further includes receiving, at the first NF and from a second NF, a subscription request for establishing a subscription. The method further includes determining, by the first NF, that the subscription request matches criteria for at least one rule in the NF subscription database and incrementing, by the first NF, at least one count of a number of subscriptions for the at least one rule. The method further includes determining, by the first NF, that the at least one count of the number of subscriptions exceeds a maximum number of allowed subscriptions for the at least one rule. The method further includes, in response to determining that the at least one count of the number of subscriptions exceeds the maximum number of allowed subscriptions for the at least one rule, preventing establishment of the subscription.