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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 18, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 04, 2007
John M. Suit, Mount Airy, MD (US);
Daniel Lee Becker, Frederick, MD (US);
Vip Sharma, Germantown, MD (US);
Mark James Yourcheck, Hanover, MD (US);
John M. Suit, Mount Airy, MD (US);
Daniel Lee Becker, Frederick, MD (US);
Vip Sharma, Germantown, MD (US);
Mark James Yourcheck, Hanover, MD (US);
Red Hat, Inc., Raleigh, NC (US);
Abstract
A method and system for a communication network containing both trusted peers and untrusted hosts within the network. Trusted peers can collaborate with each other to observe and monitor the activity of the untrusted hosts. In addition, a trusted peer instantiated with a virtual machine can have an operating system kernel collaborate with a hypervisor to determine whether threats are present. A trusted peer that needs particular functionality installed can collaborate with other trusted peers and with an administrative console to have that functionality installed. An untrusted host can have a driver directly inserted into it by an administration console, which will facilitate in the collaboration process.