US 2018/0027020 A1 · AUTOMATIC PORT VERIFICATION AND POLICY APPLICATION FOR ROGUE DEVICES

Abstract

Systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media for automatic port identification. The present technology can involve determining that a wireless device has connected to a network device on a network, and determining which of the ports on the network device the wireless device has connected to. The determining the port connected to the wireless device can involve determining respective traffic patterns to be provided to selected ports on the network device, determining a traffic pattern transmitted by the wireless device, determining that the traffic pattern transmitted by the wireless device has a similarity to a traffic pattern from the respective traffic patterns, and based on the similarity, determining that a port associated with the traffic pattern is connected to the wireless device. The present technology can also involve selecting a port policy for the port.

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Dependent claims

A method comprising:

determining that a wireless device has connected to one of a plurality of ports on a network device associated with a network;
determining which of the plurality of ports on the network device is connected to the wireless device by:
determining one or more predetermined traffic patterns to be transmitted by the network device via one or more of the plurality of ports;
determining one or more traffic patterns transmitted by the wireless device;
determining that the one or more traffic patterns transmitted by the wireless device has a threshold degree of similarity to a matching traffic pattern from the one or more predetermined traffic patterns, to yield a traffic pattern match;
and
based on the traffic pattern match, determining that a port from the plurality of ports that is associated with the matching traffic pattern is connected to the wireless device, to yield an identified port;
and
selecting a port policy to be applied to the identified port.

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A system comprising:

one or more processors;
and
at least one computer-readable storage medium having stored therein instructions which, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:
detecting that a wireless device has connected to one of a plurality of ports on a network device associated with a network;
determining which of the plurality of ports on the network device is connected to the wireless device by:
generating one or more predetermined traffic patterns for output by the one or more of the plurality of ports;
determining one or more wireless traffic patterns transmitted by the wireless device;
matching the one or more wireless traffic patterns to at least one of the one or more predetermined traffic patterns to yield a match;
and
based on the match, determining that a particular port from the plurality of ports that is associated with the at least one of the one or more predetermined traffic patterns is connected to the wireless device;
and
selecting a port policy for the particular port.

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A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having stored therein instructions which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:

determining that a wireless device has connected to one of a plurality of ports on a network device associated with a network;
determining which of the plurality of ports on the network device the wireless device has connected to, the determining comprising:
determining one or more predetermined traffic patterns for the one or more of the plurality of ports;
determining one or more wireless traffic patterns transmitted by the wireless device;
determining a degree of similarity between the one or more wireless traffic patterns and a traffic pattern from the one or more predetermined traffic patterns, to yield a match;
and
based on the match, determining that a particular port from the plurality of ports that is associated with the traffic pattern is connected to the wireless device;
and
selecting a port policy associated with the particular port.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Automatic port verification and policy application for rogue devices

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Automatic port verification and policy application for rogue devices

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Abstract

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