Methods, systems, and computer program products for invoking trust-controlled services via application programming interfaces (APIs) respectively associated therewith

摘要

A trust evaluation may be obtained for a network element in a communication network. Based on this trust evaluation, one or more services may be invoked to address the risk that a potentially untrustworthy network element poses in the communication network. Application programming interfaces (APIs) may automate the invocation of trust-controlled services. An API for a trust-controlled service may be used to directly perform a function on one or more resources in the communication network or may be used to set up an ongoing function on one or more resources in the communication network that may continue until the API is used to terminate the function.

主权项

1. A method, comprising:
comparing first data associated with a network element in a communication network that has access to the communication network with second data associated with the network element; obtaining a trust evaluation for the network element based on the comparison of the first data with the second data; invoking a service in response to the trust evaluation for the network element via an application programming interface associated with the service; verifying a result of invoking the service; and logging the result in an information repository; wherein comparing the first data with the second data comprises: generating a first hash value based on the first data associated with the network element at a first time; generating a second hash value based on the second data associated with the network element at a second time; and comparing the first hash value with the second hash value to determine whether a change has occurred in the configuration of the network element between the first time and the second time.