公开(公告)号：US12081411B1

公开(公告)日：2024-09-03

申请号：US18123390

申请日：2023-03-20

申请人： The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy

发明人： Christopher J Morcom ,  Nathaniel C Couch

IPC分类号： H04L41/14 ,  H04L9/08

CPC分类号： H04L41/145 ,  H04L9/088

摘要： A method for network infrastructure assessment is provided. An assessor tool portion is replicated on a network origination node. A plurality of authentication keys associated with a root authentication key are generated. Network nodes are recursively enumerated by the assessor tool. In the recursion, information on the parent node is enumerated and reported to a controller of the network; the parent node is marked as enumerated; child nodes connected to the parent node are detected; at least a portion of the assessor tool is replicated on a child node that is not enumerated but has a valid assigned authentication key; and recursion is continued with the child node as the parent node. The reported information is processed to produce a network infrastructure assessment.