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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 27, 2001
Filed:
Jun. 30, 1998
Robert Gleichauf, San Antonio, TX (US);
Steven Shanklin, San Antonio, TX (US);
Scott Waddell, San Antonio, TX (US);
Kevin Ziese, Converse, TX (US);
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
In one aspect of the invention, a computer implemented method for rules-driven multi-phase network vulnerability assessment is disclosed. The method comprises pinging devices on a network to discover devices with a connection to the network. Port scans are performed on the discovered devices and banners are collected. Information from the collected banners are stored as entries in a first database. Analysis is performed on the entries by comparing the entries with a rule set to determine potential vulnerabilities. The results of the analysis are stored in a second database.