COLLABORATIVE COMMAND LINE INTERFACE

• US 20200133697A1
• Filed: 10/25/2019
• Published: 04/30/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 10/26/2018
• Status: Active Application

• Current Assignee: Netography, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Netography, Inc.
• Inventors: Lyon, Barrett, Murphy, Daniel
• Application Number:
  US16/664,687
• Publication Number:
  US 20200133697A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/453 Help systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/4641 Virtual LANs, VLANs, e.g. virtual private networks [VPN] LAN interconnection over a bridge based backbone H04L12/462; encapsulation techniques H04L12/4633; routing of packets H04L45/00; packet switches H04L49/00; virtual private networks for security H04L63/0272
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/66 Arrangements for connecting between networks having differing types of switching systems, e.g. gateways
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 45/02 Topology update or discovery
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 45/04 Interdomain routing, e.g. hierarchical routing
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 45/74 Address processing for routing
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/02 using automatic reactions or user delegation, e.g. automatic replies or chatbot-generated messages
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0218 Distributed architectures, e.g. distributed firewalls
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0227 Filtering policies mail message filtering H04L51/212
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0263 Rule management
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/101 Access control lists [ACL]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/1408 by monitoring network traffic monitoring network traffic per se H04L43/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/1441 Countermeasures against malicious traffic countermeasures against attacks on cryptographic mechanisms H04L9/002
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/20 for managing network security; network security policies in general filtering policies H04L63/0227
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/10 in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46

Abstract

A collaborative command line interface is disclosed. In some embodiments, a robot (bot) representing a prescribed service employed by an entity is added as a user in a collaboration service channel associated with the entity. The bot facilitates in making the collaboration service channel a command line interface that interfaces with the prescribed service. A command associated with the command line interface that is received on the collaboration service channel is responded to with a response from the prescribed service. The prescribed service is at least in part integrated in the collaboration service channel via the bot and associated command line interface.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

adding a robot (bot) representing a prescribed service employed by an entity as a user in a collaboration service channel associated with the entity, wherein the bot facilitates in making the collaboration service channel a command line interface that interfaces with the prescribed service; and

responding to a command associated with the command line interface that is received on the collaboration service channel with a response from the prescribed service;

wherein the prescribed service is at least in part integrated in the collaboration service channel via the bot and associated command line interface.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the prescribed service comprises a distributed network and security operations service.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the prescribed service facilitates managing and optimizing a private network comprising the entity.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the prescribed service facilitates defending a private network comprising the entity from security threats and attacks.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the prescribed service comprises a route filtering and manipulation service.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the collaboration service channel comprises a channel of a team messaging application.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the collaboration service comprises Slack.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the command line interface comprises a collaborative command line interface that interfaces a plurality of users on the collaboration service channel to the prescribed service.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the command line interface supports output of multi-media content.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein command line interface communications with the bot are in-band in the collaboration service channel.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the response comprises an action with respect to the prescribed service.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein the response comprises posting data received from the prescribed service in the command line interface comprising the collaboration service channel.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein posted data comprises an image.

14. The method of claim 1, wherein the response comprises a network or security operations response by the prescribed service with respect to a private network comprising the entity and a corresponding alert or notification in the command line interface comprising the collaboration service channel.

15. The method of claim 1, further comprising verifying user permissions of a user that issued the command with respect to the prescribed service.

16. The method of claim 1, wherein the command comprises a read command.

17. The method of claim 1, wherein the command comprises a write command and further comprising authenticating and verifying permissions of a user that issued the command with is respect to the prescribed service.

18. The method of claim 1, wherein the bot appears and behaves like any other user on the collaboration service channel.

19. A system, comprising:

a processor configured to;

add a robot (bot) representing a prescribed service employed by an entity as a user in a collaboration service channel associated with the entity, wherein the bot facilitates in making the collaboration service channel a command line interface that interfaces with the prescribed service; and

respond to a command associated with the command line interface that is received on the collaboration service channel with a response from the prescribed service;

wherein the prescribed service is at least in part integrated in the collaboration service channel via the bot and associated command line interface; and

a memory coupled to the processor and configured to provide the processor with instructions.

20. A computer program product embodied in a non-transitory computer readable storage medium and comprising computer instructions for:

adding a robot (bot) representing a prescribed service employed by an entity as a user in a collaboration service channel associated with the entity, wherein the bot facilitates in making the collaboration service channel a command line interface that interfaces with the prescribed service; and

responding to a command associated with the command line interface that is received on the collaboration service channel with a response from the prescribed service;

wherein the prescribed service is at least in part integrated in the collaboration service channel via the bot and associated command line interface.