| CPC H04L 61/4511 (2022.05) [H04W 48/18 (2013.01)] | 18 Claims |

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1. A data processing method, comprising:
obtaining, by a session management function (SMF) of a core network, a message handling rule set and rule activation condition information, the message handling rule set including at least one message handling rule;
sending the message handling rule set to an edge application server discovery function (EASDF) of the core network; and
based on a protocol data unit (PDU) session being established,
determining, by the SMF, a valid message handling rule in the message handling rule set according to the rule activation condition information,
determining a rule identifier (ID) corresponding to the valid message handling rule, and
sending the determined rule ID to the EASDF, the EASDF being configured to process a domain name system (DNS) message according to the message handling rule corresponding to the determined rule ID during the PDU session.
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