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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 24, 2021
Filed:
Mar. 22, 2017
Palo Alto Networks, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Matthew Kraning, San Francisco, CA (US);
Matthew Anderson, San Francisco, CA (US);
Peter Dickinson, Vallejo, CA (US);
Corey Fredericks, Oakland, CA (US);
John Holliman, San Francisco, CA (US);
Andrew Seidel, San Francisco, CA (US);
Palo Alto Network, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
A system for scanning a network includes an interface and a processor. The interface is configured to receive an indication to scan a set of network addresses. The processor is configured to determine a set of available scanning nodes and determine a job plan for scanning the set of network addresses using the set of available scanning nodes. The job plan includes one or more job portions. The processor is configured to, for a job portion of the one or more job portions, select a scanning node of the set of available scanning nodes and provide the job portion to the scanning node.