Patent ID: 11902322
Assignee: DARKTRACE HOLDINGS LIMITED
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  G | IPC G  H

Claim 7:
8. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising:
a gap determination module configured to cooperate with the trigger module to assist in determining when the trigger module should on its own initiative go through and check network addresses to see when at least one network device in each known subnet can be reached, where the gap determination module is configured to determine whether a connection is open between a first device and a second device, where the gap determination module is further configured to examine i) a type of protocol communication occurring between a first device sending a protocol communication and a second device receiving the protocol communication, and ii) whether 1) legitimate communications are currently in flight in the traversal path between the first device and the second device or 2) a gap of time is currently happening in an exchange of protocol communications, where the gap determination module is further configured to notify the trigger module an opportunity exists to send the generated spoofed protocol communication when the connection is open between the first device and the second device and when the gap of time, above a threshold amount, is currently happening in the exchange of protocol communications between the first device and the second device.