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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 13, 2020
Filed:
Dec. 07, 2016
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Michael Kirchner, Munich, DE;
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT, , DE;
Abstract
A method and a system for identifying a weakness in a first device that is arranged in a first network, including transmission of a first message to a second device, wherein the second device is arranged in a second network outside the first network, including reception and evaluation of the first message by the second device for the purpose of providing a piece of identification information for the first device in the first network, including composition and transmission of a second message to the first device by the piece of identification information by the second device and including display of a weakness by the first device or second device if the second message is received by the first device. The method and a system can be used to check a secure network and/or device configuration in the industrial and private sectors.