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System and method of identifying internet-facing assets

US11310132B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC · US

Inventors

David Pon · Sunnyvale, US
Elias Manousos · San Francisco, US
Chris Kiernan · San Francisco, US
Ben Adams · Cuyahoga Falls, US
Megan Zaiyi Chiu · Burlingame, US
Jonas Edgeworth · San Francisco, US

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 24, 2020
Grant date	Apr 19, 2022
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 24, 2040

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04L63/1408
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method includes receiving a seed at a computing device. The method further includes identifying, based on first domain name system (DNS) data, first border gateway protocol (BGP) data, first whois data, or a combination thereof, a plurality of first internet-facing assets related to the seed. The method further includes identifying, based on second DNS data, second BGP data, second whois data, or a combination thereof, a plurality of second internet-facing assets related to at least one of the first internet-facing assets. The method further includes generating a graphical user interface (GUI) that includes a list of internet-facing assets related to the seed, where the list includes the plurality of first internet-facing assets and the plurality of second internet-facing assets.

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