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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 19, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 05, 2010
Ofir Arkin, Carmiel, IL;
Ofir Arkin, Carmiel, IL;
McAfee Ireland Holdings, Limited, Dublin, IE;
Abstract
There are provided a system and a method of determining a physical connectivity of a new node connected to a dynamic communication network comprising a plurality of connecting nodes each comprising a plurality of ports. The method comprises: (a) responsive to automatically discovering a new node connected to the dynamic communication network, obtaining address data characterizing a network address of said discovered new node; (b) querying all known connecting nodes and generating a port dataset representing all ports thereof which have registered address data characterizing the network address of said discovered new node; (c) defining, by analyzing the generated port dataset, a port and respective connecting node which said discovered new node is directly connected to.