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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 22, 2006
Filed:
Jun. 29, 2001
James S. Magdych, Chino, CA (US);
Tarik Rahmanovic, Germantown, MD (US);
John R. Mcdonald, Jacksonville, FL (US);
Brock E. Tellier, Stamford, CT (US);
Anthony C. Osborne, Sydney, AU;
Nishad P. Herath, Sydney, AU;
James S. Magdych, Chino, CA (US);
Tarik Rahmanovic, Germantown, MD (US);
John R. McDonald, Jacksonville, FL (US);
Brock E. Tellier, Stamford, CT (US);
Anthony C. Osborne, Sydney, AU;
Nishad P. Herath, Sydney, AU;
McAfee, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
A system, method and computer program product are provided for remotely detecting vulnerabilities on a local computer. Initially, an agent is installed on a local computer for receiving encrypted commands from a remote computer utilizing a network. Next, the commands are decrypted and processed on the local computer utilizing the agent. A risk-assessment scan is then performed on the local computer utilizing the agent in accordance with the processed commands for the purpose of remotely detecting local vulnerabilities on the local computer.