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Axonius Network Discovery
  • 01 Feb 2023
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Axonius Network Discovery

  • Updated on 01 Feb 2023
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Axonius-provided Axonius Network Discovery adapter, performing standardized network discovery.
The Axonius Network Discovery adapter scans your network and discovers the assets connected to the network. This is an active scan and could be flagged by security systems as a possible penetration. The Axonius Network Discovery adapter runs on every discovery cycle and at any other custom discovery cycle configured. Information fetched by this adapter can include the following parameters, depending on the asset.

  • IP address
  • Host name
  • OS
  • Open ports and their common use
  • MAC address

This adapter fetches the following types of assets:

  • Devices

Parameters for Customer-hosted (on-premise / private cloud)

  1. Use Auto-discover Subnet - Select this option to use the auto-discover IP range for the network discovery. This is a subnet of the Axonius machine (based on the IP address of the Axonius machine).
  2. Additional Network Subnets - Set an IP range to use. When working with customer-hosted machines this is an optional field. The IP range should be input in subnet style for example 10.0.0.0/24. Multiple ranges are supported using a delimiter.
  3. Exclude Network Subnets - Set an IP range to exclude. The IP range should be input in subnet style for example 10.0.0.0/24. Multiple ranges are supported using a delimiter.
  4. Ports to scan - Set the number of ports to scan, either 'Top 100' or 'Top 1000'.

AxoniusNetworkDiscovery

Parameters for Axonius-hosted (SaaS)

Note:

If the source for an adapter connection is only accessible by an internal network, you must set the relevant Tunnel Connection as part of the Adapter Connection settings.

  1. Network Subnets - Set an IP range to use. For Axonius-hosted (SaaS) systems, this parameter is a required field. The IP range should be input in subnet style for example 10.0.0.0/24.
  2. Ports to scan - Set the number of ports to scan, either 'Top 100' or 'Top 1000'.
  3. Tunnel Name - You have to select a tunnel connection when running the Network Scanner adapter on Axonius-hosted (SaaS) systems.

Protocols Used

The following protocols are used in the scan:
ICMP, ARP, Banner Grabber

Tools Used

The following open source tools are used by the scanner:

Supported From Version

Supported from Axonius version 4.6

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