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Date of Patent:
Aug. 22, 2006

Filed:

Jun. 29, 2001
Applicants:

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;

Inventors:

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;

Assignee:

McAfee, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/36 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
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.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Magdych, James. (2006). Network-based risk-assessment tool for remotely detecting local computer vulnerabilities (U.S. Patent No. 7096503). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/7096503

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