US 12,462,066 B2
Network device agentless validation
Gregory Herrera, Sea Girt, NJ (US); Robert Kong, Tinton Falls, NJ (US); Emily Lu, Morganville, NJ (US); Brittany Vassallo, Howell, NJ (US); and Meredith Gee, Atlantic Highlands, NJ (US)
Assigned to AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., Atlanta, GA (US)
Filed by AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., Atlanta, GA (US)
Filed on Dec. 30, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/092,171.
Prior Publication US 2024/0220658 A1, Jul. 4, 2024
Int. Cl. H04L 29/06 (2006.01); G06F 16/11 (2019.01); G06F 21/64 (2013.01)
CPC G06F 21/64 (2013.01) [G06F 16/128 (2019.01); G06F 2201/84 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
obtaining, by a processing system including at least one processor, a plurality of baseline attributes associated with a plurality of representative files of a first type of network equipment, wherein the plurality of baseline attributes comprises a plurality of baseline checksums associated with the plurality of representative files, and wherein the plurality of baseline attributes is obtained from an instance of the first type of network equipment that is approved by personnel of a communication network;
obtaining, by the processing system, snapshot attributes associated with a first plurality of files of a first device deployed in the communication network, wherein the first device is of the first type of network equipment, and wherein the first plurality of files is associated with at least a portion of the plurality of representative files;
identifying, by the processing system, at least one of: at least one file of the first plurality of files or at least one directory associated with the first plurality of files, for which a respective one of the snapshot attributes fails to match a respective one of the plurality of baseline attributes; and
performing, by the processing system, at least one remedial action in the communication network in response to the identifying of the at least one of: the at least one file or the at least one directory for which the respective one of the snapshot attributes fails to match the respective one of the plurality of baseline attributes.