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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 06, 2021
Filed:
Apr. 04, 2018
Applicant:
Sophos Limited, Abingdon, GB;
Inventors:
Moritz Daniel Grimm, Bruchsal, DE;
Daniel Stutz, Karlsruhe, DE;
Andrew J. Thomas, Oxfordshire, GB;
Kenneth D. Ray, Seattle, WA (US);
Assignee:
Sophos Limited, Abingdon, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 29/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 63/0209 (2013.01); H04L 63/02 (2013.01); H04L 63/1416 (2013.01); H04L 63/20 (2013.01); H04L 63/14 (2013.01);
Abstract
Secure management of an enterprise network is improved by creating a network adapter fingerprint for an endpoint that identifies all of the network adapters for that endpoint. With this information, the location and connectivity of the endpoint can be tracked and managed independent of the manner in which the endpoint is connecting to the enterprise network.