Patent ID: 9432392
Filing Date: 2016-08-30
CPC Classification: G06F,H04L

Claim Text:
1. A method for remotely conducting a scan on a network resource, the method comprising: providing a scanner engine in communication with a communication network; providing a network resource in communication with the communication network, the network resource being protected by a firewall; establishing a network connection between the scanner engine and the network resource, the network connection being configured to provide a tunnel for bi-directional communication between the scanner engine and the network resource, wherein the communication via the tunnel is independent of the port status of the firewall; delivering client artifacts from the scanner engine to the network resource through the bi-directional tunnel; receiving results data from the network resource at the scanner engine via the bi-directional tunnel, the results data based upon determinations related to the existence of software components; and analyzing the results data to assess a current posture of the-network resource, the current posture being assessed in part based upon the determinations.