Abstract: A method for non-invasive network device inspection includes identifying a target device, and receiving, at a compute device: a copy of a first set of messages sent to the target device, and a copy of a second set of messages sent from the target device. The copy of the first set of messages and the copy of the second set of messages are stored as historical data. The device is then emulated, via a processor of the compute device, based on the historical data. The emulating includes receiving a signal encoding a request from a remote requestor, and comparing at least a portion of the request to at least a subset of the historical data, to determine a response representative of a response from the target device.
Abstract: A method for non-invasive network device inspection includes identifying a target device, and receiving, at a compute device: a copy of a first set of messages sent to the target device, and a copy of a second set of messages sent from the target device. The copy of the first set of messages and the copy of the second set of messages are stored as historical data. The device is then emulated, via a processor of the compute device, based on the historical data. The emulating includes receiving a signal encoding a request from a remote requestor, and comparing at least a portion of the request to at least a subset of the historical data, to determine a response representative of a response from the target device.
Abstract: A method of identifying intermediate devices within a communications network includes intercepting a network data packet originating from a second compute device, and parsing the network data packet to identify a client hardware MAC address of the at least one network data packet. The identified client hardware MAC address is compared with a source MAC address stored in a memory operably coupled to the processor, and no match is found. The second compute device is classified as an intermediate device based on the lack of a match between the identified client hardware MAC address and the source MAC address.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
April 30, 2020
Date of Patent:
May 11, 2021
Assignee:
Cylera, Inc.
Inventors:
Anoop Wilbur Saldanha, Apostolos Bakoyiannis, James Edwards