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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 27, 2024
Filed:
Apr. 12, 2021
Vmware, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
VMware, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abstract
The disclosure provides an approach for coordinating a distributed vulnerability network scan. Embodiments include sending, by a computing node, a check-in message to a scanning coordinator, the check-in message indicating attributes of the computing node. Embodiments include receiving, by the computing node, a scan configuration message from the scanning coordinator, the scan configuration message comprising: scan timing information for the computing node; and a list of scanning targets for the computing node. Embodiments include determining, by the computing node, a scanning time window based on the scan timing information for the computing node. Embodiments include scanning, by the computing node, one or more scanning targets in the list of scanning targets for the computing node during the scanning time window.