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US 2005/0097199 A1Published application
Method and system for scanning network devices
OwnerKeith Woodard, Fernando Triasinventors
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Abstract
The present invention includes a method and system for scanning network devices connected to a network by detecting connection of a first network device to the network and performing remote scanning of the first network device in response to detection of the first network device.
Claims26
A method for scanning network devices connected to a network, comprising:
- (a) detecting connection of a first network device to the network;
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- (b) performing remote agentless scanning of the first network device in response to detection of the first network device.
An apparatus for remote agentless scanning of network devices on a network comprising:
- (a) a detecting module that detects connection of a first network device to the network;
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- (b) a scanning module that performs remote agentless scanning of the first network device in response to the detection of the first network device.
A method for examining a first network device connected to a network, comprising:
- (a) querying a database for data representing connection of network devices to a network;
- (b) determining connection of a first network device to the network by locating data about the first network device in the database;
- (c) determining properties associated with the first network device to determine the identity of the first network device;
- (d) determining items to scan based on at least one of the properties;
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- (e) performing remote scanning of the first network device in response to the determination of the connection of the first network device to the network.
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A method for scanning network devices connected to a network, comprising:
- (a) detecting connection of a first network device to the network;
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- (b) performing remote scanning of the first network device in response to detection of the first network device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.