Patent ID: 8874707
Filing Date: 2014-10-28
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method of using a services platform to provide a network service to a remote enterprise network, comprising: establishing an Internet Protocol (IP) tunnel between the services platform and an endpoint of the remote enterprise network; establishing a bridge between the IP tunnel and the remote enterprise network, wherein establishing the bridge comprises using packet injection to inject packets to the remote enterprise network, the packets injected to the remote enterprise network appearing to originate from the endpoint, the bridge being further configured to transfer packets from the remote enterprise network received by the endpoint through the IP tunnel; translating IP addresses in network traffic received by the services platform from the remote enterprise network via the IP tunnel from enterprise network IP addresses to corresponding service platform IP addresses; translating IP addresses in network traffic from the services platform to the remote enterprise network via the IP tunnel from services platform IP addresses to corresponding enterprise network IP addresses; and providing the network service to the remote enterprise network via the IP tunnel and bridge; wherein the providing the network service to the remote enterprise network comprises providing one or more of the following network services: vulnerability management, configuration auditing, file integrity monitoring, or compliance auditing.