US 11,722,310 B2
Automatically discovering and securely identifying connected systems
Anurag Sharma, Cedar Park, TX (US); Maunish A. Shah, Austin, TX (US); and Senthil Ponnuswamy, San Jose, CA (US)
Assigned to EMC IP Holding Company LLC, Hopkinton, MA (US)
Filed by EMC IP Holding Company LLC, Hopkinton, MA (US)
Filed on Jan. 14, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/149,238.
Prior Publication US 2022/0224542 A1, Jul. 14, 2022
Int. Cl. H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04L 9/32 (2006.01); H04L 9/40 (2022.01); H04L 61/4511 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 9/3242 (2013.01) [H04L 61/4511 (2022.05); H04L 63/04 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
discovering a set of one or more systems connected via at least one network using one or more domain name server (DNS) service discovery techniques, wherein discovering the set of one or more systems comprises discovering one or more cluster manager services across the one or more systems connected via at least one of one or more local area network links and one or more wide area network links associated with the at least one network;
identifying at least one of the one or more systems of the discovered set by processing cryptographic data associated with at least a portion of the one or more systems using one or more digest access authentication techniques; and
performing one or more automated actions based at least in part on the at least one identified system;
wherein the method is performed by at least one processing device comprising a processor coupled to a memory.