Hierarchical scanning of internet connected assets
US11949697B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 2, 2022 |
| Grant date | Apr 2, 2024 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 2, 2042 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L69/169
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Hierarchical scanning begins with communicating probes over the Internet to ports and networks addresses to determine publicly accessible devices. Based on responses to those probes, follow-up probes are determined to obtain additional information about the publicly accessible devices. The probes are transmitted from a system that is external to the networks corresponding to the network addresses. This provides an external view of the scanned networks and facilitates a probing paradigm that scales beyond a few networks.
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