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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:
Jul. 10, 2007
Filed:
Sep. 19, 2002
Applicants:
Thomas E. Good, Portland, OR (US);
Robert A. Difalco, Portland, OR (US);
Gene Ho Kim, Portland, OR (US);
Inventors:
Thomas E. Good, Portland, OR (US);
Robert A. DiFalco, Portland, OR (US);
Gene Ho Kim, Portland, OR (US);
Assignee:
Tripwire, Inc., Portland, OR (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/445 (2006.01); G06F 11/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An apparatus is equipped to automatically update one or more integrity references of a software entity, when the software entity is installed onto the apparatus. The apparatus is further equipped to periodically determine whether the integrity of the apparatus has been compromised based at least in part on the one or more integrity references of the software entity that are automatically updated during installation of the software entity.