Auditing IP address assignments
US10924452B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Aug 30, 2013 |
| Grant date | Feb 16, 2021 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 30, 2035 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L2101/668
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Techniques are disclosed for auditing an IP address prefix that has been assigned to an entity as part of an administrator policy, to determine whether the assignment was implemented on the network. In an embodiment, associations between IP addresses and their assignment are stored in a database. IP addresses are read and semi-authoritative sources (e.g., DNS servers) are queried for information about the IP addresses. Information received in response to the query may be used to validate the IP address (e.g., in a network, all IP addresses used for VM instances will have a corresponding URL in a specific format).
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