Network address repository management
First Claim
1. At least one non-transitory machine accessible storage medium having instructions stored thereon, the instructions when executed on a machine, cause the machine to:
- identify a first internet protocol version 6 (IPv6) address of a particular computing device within a network discovered through a first discovery task performed by a first passive discovery sensor, wherein the first passive discovery sensor is an instance of a particular one of a plurality of pluggable sensors for use in connection with one or more asset detection engines deployed in the network;
cause a second discovery task to be performed by a second discovery sensor, based on the first IPv6 address, wherein the second discovery sensor is an instance of another one of the plurality of pluggable sensors;
identify an attribute of the particular computing device from results of the second discovery task; and
add the first IPv6 address and attribute of the particular device to a repository to comprise records of detected IPv6 addresses within the network.
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Abstract
A first Internet protocol version 6 (IPv6) address of a particular computing device within a network is identified using a first passive discovery sensor performing a first discovery task. A second discovery task is caused to be performed using the first IPv6 address and an attribute of the particular computing device is identified from results of the second discovery task. The first IPv6 address and attribute of the particular device is added to a repository maintaining a record of detected IPv6 addresses within the network. In some instances, a first passive discovery sensor can be one of an event-based discovery sensor, a latent-type discovery sensor, and an indirect-type discovery sensor.
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21 Claims
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1. At least one non-transitory machine accessible storage medium having instructions stored thereon, the instructions when executed on a machine, cause the machine to:
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identify a first internet protocol version 6 (IPv6) address of a particular computing device within a network discovered through a first discovery task performed by a first passive discovery sensor, wherein the first passive discovery sensor is an instance of a particular one of a plurality of pluggable sensors for use in connection with one or more asset detection engines deployed in the network; cause a second discovery task to be performed by a second discovery sensor, based on the first IPv6 address, wherein the second discovery sensor is an instance of another one of the plurality of pluggable sensors; identify an attribute of the particular computing device from results of the second discovery task; and add the first IPv6 address and attribute of the particular device to a repository to comprise records of detected IPv6 addresses within the network. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A method comprising:
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identifying a first IPv6 address of a particular computing device within a network discovered through a first discovery task performed by a first passive discovery sensor, wherein the first passive discovery sensor is an instance of a particular one of a plurality of pluggable sensors for use in connection with one or more asset detection engines deployed in the network; causing a second discovery task to be performed by a second discovery sensor, based on the first IPv6 address, wherein the second discovery sensor is an instance of another one of the plurality of pluggable sensors; identifying an attribute of the particular computing device from results of the second discovery task; and adding the first IPv6 address and attribute of the particular device to a repository maintaining a record of detected IPv6 addresses within the network.
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19. A system comprising:
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at least one processor device; at least one memory element; an asset detection engine to use a plurality of pluggable sensors, wherein the plurality of sensors comprise a particular passive discovery sensor and a second discovery sensor, wherein the particular passive discovery sensor is of a type different from the second discovery sensor; and an asset management system, adapted when executed by the at least one processor device to; identify a first IPv6 address of a particular computing device within a network discovered through a first discovery task performed by the particular passive discovery sensor; cause a second discovery task to be performed by the second discovery sensor using the first IPv6 address; identify an attribute of the particular computing device from results of the second discovery task; and add the first IPv6 address and attribute of the particular device to a repository to comprise records of detected IPv6 addresses within the network. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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21. At least one non-transitory machine accessible storage medium having instructions stored thereon, the instructions when executed on a machine, cause the machine to:
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maintain a repository of device information for a plurality of devices in a network, wherein the device information is to include a corresponding internet protocol version 6 (IPv6) address for each of the plurality of devices; receive, from a particular passive discovery sensor included in a plurality of sensors, reporting data identifying a first IPv6 address of a particular computing device within the network discovered through a first discovery task performed by the particular passive discovery sensor; send data to a particular active discovery sensor in the plurality of sensors to initiate a second discovery task to be performed by the particular active discovery sensor based on discovery of the first IPv6 address, wherein the data identifies the first IPv6 address and the second discovery task is based on the first IPv6 address; receive, from the particular active discovery sensor, reporting data identifying an attribute of the particular computing device from results of the second discovery task; initiate a third discovery task based on the attribute, wherein results of the third discovery task identify another IPv6 address; and add the first IPv6 address and attribute of the particular device to a repository maintaining a record of detected IPv6 addresses within the network.
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Specification