Patent ID: 8676972
Filing Date: 2014-03-18
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A data network management system for identifying unauthorized access to a data network service, provided at a service node in a data network, by a user node in said data network, said service node having an agent and having means for maintaining a user access list, said user access list having at least one data network address corresponding to at least one user node in said data network, said system comprising: a data communication means for periodically polling said agent at said service node and for retrieving a user access list from said agent, said user access list specifying which users have accessed said service node; a database for maintaining an authorized access list for said service node, said authorized access list specifying which users are authorized to access said service node; and a data processing means for detecting unauthorized access to said service node by comparing said user access list to said authorized access list and for updating said authorized access list based on the user access list retrieved from said agent.