Intermediate message invalidation

• US 20070098013A1
• Filed: 11/01/2005
• Published: 05/03/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 11/01/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Brown, William, Reddington, Francis, Muirhead, Richard
• Granted Patent: US 8,155,119 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 370/466
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/00 Arrangements for maintenance, administration or management of data switching networks, e.g. of packet switching networks

Abstract

Methods, systems, and products are provided for intermediate message invalidation that include receiving, to an intermediate message validation service, a message to be forwarded to a device to administer at least one value of an attribute of the device; determining, by the intermediate message validation service, that the message is invalid; and terminating, by the intermediate message validation service, the invalid message. Embodiments may also include notifying a system administrator that the message is invalid.

Claims

1. A method for intermediate message invalidation, the method comprising:

receiving, to an intermediate message validation service, a message to be forwarded to a device to administer at least one value of an attribute of the device;

determining, by the intermediate message validation service, that the message is invalid; and

terminating, by the intermediate message validation service, the invalid message.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein determining, by the intermediate message validation service, that the message is invalid further comprises:

determining differences between the structure of a packet of the invalid message and a predefined proper packet structure;

determining that differences between the structure of the packet of the invalid message and the predefined proper packet structure exceed a threshold similarity requirement.

6. The method of claim 5 wherein determining differences between the structure of a packet of the message and a predefined proper packet structure further comprises counting the differences between the structure of a packet of the message and a predefined proper packet structure.

7. The method of claim 5 wherein determining differences between the structure of a packet of the message and a predefined proper packet structure further comprises identifying a qualitative difference between the structure of a packet of the message and a predefined proper packet structure.

8. The method of claim 5 wherein the predefined proper packet structure further comprises a predefined proper packets structure for the device.

9. The method of claim 5 wherein the predefined proper packet structure further comprises a predefined proper packets structure for a network of the device.

2. The method of clam 1 wherein terminating, by the intermediate message validation service, the invalid message further comprises storing the invalid message in a dead message queue.

3. The method of clam 1 wherein terminating, by the intermediate message validation service, the message to the device further comprises dropping packet of the message.

4. The method of clam 1 further comprising notifying a system administrator that the message is invalid.

10. A system for intermediate message invalidation, the system comprising:

a computer processor;

a computer memory operatively coupled to the computer processor, the computer memory having disposed within it computer program instructions capable of;

receiving, to an intermediate message validation service, a message to be forwarded to a device to administer at least one value of an attribute of the device;

determining, by the intermediate message validation service, that the message is invalid; and

terminating, by the intermediate message validation service, the invalid message.

14. The system of claim 10 wherein the computer memory also has disposed within it computer program instructions capable of:

determining differences between the structure of a packet of the invalid message and a predefined proper packet structure;

determining that differences between the structure of the packet of the invalid message and the predefined proper packet structure exceed a threshold similarity requirement.

15. The system of claim 14 wherein the computer memory also has disposed within it computer program instructions capable of counting the differences between the structure of a packet of the message and a predefined proper packet structure.

16. The system of claim 14 wherein the computer memory also has disposed within it computer program instructions capable of identifying a qualitative difference between the structure of a packet of the message and a predefined proper packet structure.

11. The system of clam 10 wherein the computer memory also has disposed within it computer program instructions capable of storing the invalid message in a dead message queue.

12. The system of clam 10 wherein the computer memory also has disposed within it computer program instructions capable of dropping packet of the message.

13. The system of clam 10 wherein the computer memory also has disposed within it computer program instructions capable of notifying a system administrator that the message is invalid.

17. A computer program product for intermediate message invalidation, the computer program product disposed upon a signal bearing medium, the computer program product comprising:

computer program instructions for receiving, in an intermediate message validation service, a message to be forwarded to a device to administer at least one value of an attribute of the device;

computer program instructions for determining, by the intermediate message validation service, that the message is invalid; and

computer program instructions for terminating, by the intermediate message validation service, the invalid message.

20. The computer program product of claim 17 wherein computer program instructions for determining, by the intermediate message validation service, that the message is invalid further comprises:

determining differences between the structure of a packet of the invalid message and a predefined proper packet structure;

determining that differences between the structure of the packet of the invalid message and the predefined proper packet structure exceed a threshold similarity requirement.

18. The computer program product of clam 17 wherein computer program instructions for terminating, by the intermediate message validation service, the invalid message further comprise storing the invalid message in a dead message queue.

19. The computer program product of clam 17 further comprising computer program instructions for notifying a system administrator that the message is invalid.