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The other information collected and recorded into the above structure is as follows, these entities are associated with a particular Network Domain and in the case of an Address it is associated with a particular Subnet and hence Security Zone.
Endpoints
These are discovered interfaces / MAC addresses. An endpoint is a Network Attachment, in the majority of cases this is the MAC address. These are discovered through NMIS, Open-Audit Enterprise or the hosts own ARP table if that subnet is directly attached. An endpoint could in some cases not have a MAC, if the interface does not have a MAC, it would then only have an interface name. Endpoints are associated with an Address (potentially a history of addresses if the device changes IP). Endpoints also record other information found from the device such as, interface name, interface description, speed and the manufacturer (taken from the MAC's OUI).
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