System and method of application discovery using communication port signature in computer networks
US11876693B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 11, 2023 |
| Grant date | Jan 16, 2024 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 11, 2043 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L43/20
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method comprising identifying a plurality of compute resources of an enterprise network, the compute resources including ports associated with each compute resource, each port being in communication with entities within and outside the enterprise network, for each identified compute resources, identifying a subset of ports associated with a particular compute resource based on a number of connections and a port number of each port, and the ports of the subset of ports being an N most frequently used ports of a particular compute resource of the plurality of compute resources, determining a port signature associated with the particular compute resource based on the identified subset of ports, and determining one or more applications of the enterprise network being executed by the particular compute resource based on the port signature associated with the particular compute resource and providing a report of the one or more applications of the enterprise network.
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