Pre-Grant Publication Number: 20070271363
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Summary / Description
| Summary / Description | The reference describes a system for enhancing the compliance of clients in a network. In an embodiment, security sensor data from intrusion detection system (IDS) sensors, vulnerability assessment (VA) sensors, and/or other security sensors is stored in a database. |
Basic Information
| Type of Prior Art | Issued Patents - US |
| Country | United States of America |
| Patent/Application # | 20060070129 |
| Kind Code | United States (US) - Patent Appl. Publ. within the ... - A1 |
| Patentee Name | Sobel, William E.; McCorkendale, Bruce |
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| Filing Date | March 30, 2006 |
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Excerpt
Excerpt Vulnerability assessment (VA) sensors that periodically scan the network can also be used to detect the IP and/or MAC addresses of machines that are out of compliance, such as machines running un-patched operating systems, running unauthorized services, machines with active scripting enabled, etc.
In any case, the list of IP/MAC addresses (or other identifiers) combined from the IDS, VA, and any other security sensing technologies is made available as a non-compliance database for query, so that clients and other compliancy authentication elements can tell that a particular client appears to be out of compliance. |
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A system comprising:
a network;
a first network scanner; and
a second network scanner;
wherein the first network scanner, and the second network scanner dynamically scan the network,
wherein a network address discovered by the second network scanner and not discovered by the first network scanner is inserted into a database read by the first network scanner and the second network scanner.
Relevance
Vulnerability assessment (VA) sensors that periodically scan the network can also be used to detect the IP and/or MAC addresses of machines that are out of compliance, such as machines running un-patched operating systems, running unauthorized services, machines with active scripting enabled, etc. In any case, the list of IP/MAC addresses (or other identifiers) combined from the IDS, VA, and any other security sensing technologies is made available as a non-compliance database for query, so that clients and other compliancy authentication elements can tell that a particular client appears to be out of compliance.
Vulnerability assessment (VA) sensors that periodically scan the network can also be used to detect the IP and/or MAC addresses of machines that are out of compliance, such as machines running un-patched operating systems, running unauthorized services, machines with active scripting enabled, etc. In any case, the list of IP/MAC addresses (or other identifiers) combined from the IDS, VA, and any other security sensing technologies is made available as a non-compliance database for query, so that clients and other compliancy authentication elements can tell that a particular client appears to be out of compliance.
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A method comprising:
dynamically scanning a network with a first network scanner;
dynamically scanning the network with a second network scanner;
determining a new network address, wherein the new network address is discovered by the first network scanner and not discovered by the second network scanner; and
updating the second scanner with the new address.
Relevance
Vulnerability assessment (VA) sensors that periodically scan the network can also be used to detect the IP and/or MAC addresses of machines that are out of compliance, such as machines running un-patched operating systems, running unauthorized services, machines with active scripting enabled, etc. In any case, the list of IP/MAC addresses (or other identifiers) combined from the IDS, VA, and any other security sensing technologies is made available as a non-compliance database for query, so that clients and other compliancy authentication elements can tell that a particular client appears to be out of compliance.
Vulnerability assessment (VA) sensors that periodically scan the network can also be used to detect the IP and/or MAC addresses of machines that are out of compliance, such as machines running un-patched operating systems, running unauthorized services, machines with active scripting enabled, etc. In any case, the list of IP/MAC addresses (or other identifiers) combined from the IDS, VA, and any other security sensing technologies is made available as a non-compliance database for query, so that clients and other compliancy authentication elements can tell that a particular client appears to be out of compliance.
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