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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 27, 2010
Filed:
Aug. 18, 2004
Jeremy Bennett, Mountain View, CA (US);
Robert Geiger, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Jeremy Bennett, Mountain View, CA (US);
Robert Geiger, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Symantec Corporation, Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
Enhancing security capability of a network is described. In some embodiments, the method comprises detecting a security threat, sending a request to a networked device on the network to perform a deputized function that is not ordinarily performed by the networked device, receiving response data from the networked device and processing the response data. In some embodiments, the method comprises receiving a request from a security authority on the network to perform a deputized function that is not ordinarily performed, performing the deputized function as requested and sending response data to the security authority to be further processed.