Computer Network Modeling
First Claim
1. A computer-based method for automatically detecting characteristics of a computer system that includes a plurality of different running servers connected by a digital communication network, comprising:
- running a plurality of resource identification agents over the digital communication network on each of a plurality of different targeted servers in the network,receiving machine-readable network interface information for the targeted servers from the agents through the digital communication network,receiving machine-readable information about functionality present on the targeted servers from the agents through the digital communication network,building and storing a machine-readable model of interactions among the targeted servers in the computer network based on the received information, anddetecting characteristics of the computer system from the stored machine-readable model.
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Abstract
Disclosed, in one general aspect, is a computer-based method for automatically detecting characteristics of a computer system that includes different running servers connected by a digital communication network. The method includes running resource identification agents over the digital communication network on each different targeted server in the network, receiving machine-readable network interface information for the targeted servers from the agents through the digital communication network, and receiving machine-readable information about functionality present on the targeted servers from the agents through the digital communication network. A machine-readable model of interactions among the targeted servers in the computer network is built and stored based on the received information, and characteristics of the computer system are detected from the stored machine-readable model.
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15 Claims
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1. A computer-based method for automatically detecting characteristics of a computer system that includes a plurality of different running servers connected by a digital communication network, comprising:
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running a plurality of resource identification agents over the digital communication network on each of a plurality of different targeted servers in the network, receiving machine-readable network interface information for the targeted servers from the agents through the digital communication network, receiving machine-readable information about functionality present on the targeted servers from the agents through the digital communication network, building and storing a machine-readable model of interactions among the targeted servers in the computer network based on the received information, and detecting characteristics of the computer system from the stored machine-readable model. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. An agent including stored instructions operative to run on a computer system server and report information about the computer system server, comprising:
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a network interface gatherer operative to gather machine-readable information about a network interface of the computer system server, a file information gatherer operative to gather information about files on the computer system server, a process information gatherer operative to gather information about processes on the computer system server, and a reporting module operative to report results from the network interface gatherer, the file information gatherer, and the process information gatherer through a communication network to a modeling server.
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15. A computer-based system for automatically detecting characteristics of a computer system that includes a plurality of different running servers connected by a digital communication network, comprising:
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means for running a plurality of resource identification agents over the digital communication network on each of a plurality of different targeted servers in the network, means for receiving machine-readable network interface information for the targeted servers from the agents through the digital communication network, means for receiving machine-readable information about functionality present on the targeted servers from the agents through the digital communication network, means for building and storing a machine-readable model of interactions among the targeted servers in the computer network based on the received information, and means for detecting characteristics of the computer system from the stored machine-readable model. - View Dependent Claims (14)
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