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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 02, 2021
Filed:
May. 07, 2018
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Benjamin Lutz, Pfintzal, DE;
Anna Palmin, Karlsruhe, DE;
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Abstract
A method for authenticating devices and/or applications, specifically web applications, in a control system for an industrial plant, wherein the control system includes at least one local registration service and at least one software inventory, where the method includes determining by the at least one local registration service information about which communications protocols and/or applications are supported by the devices and/or applications and/or which communications protocols and/or applications are active, during authentication of the devices and/or applications within the control system, and storing the device-specific information determined by the local registration service in the at least one software inventory of the control system.