Abstract: A network analysis tool is provided in support of a data communication network having user devices at indeterminate endpoints wherein user identities, namely, the collection of meta-data about a user device of a network (beyond the conventional networking concept of an endpoint address), is modeled as fixed endpoints for purposes of tracking. More specifically, users at indeterminate endpoints are identified by modeling using user roles as models of the user devices.

Abstract: A network analysis tool is provided in support of a data communication network having dynamically provisioned devices at indeterminate endpoints wherein templates, namely, the collection of meta-data about dynamically provisioned devices on a network (beyond the conventional networking concept of an endpoint address), are modeled as fixed endpoints for purposes of tracking. In a specific embodiment, template groups are generated as network interfaces for a modeled template enforcement device, and template groups are represented as if they are network endpoints connected to a template enforcement device, and a device description for the template enforcement device is produced.