Patent ID: 7979532
Filing Date: 2011-07-12
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for testing a computing device, said method comprising the steps of: sending a test program from a test console to an application server, wherein the test console is disposed within a private network, wherein said sending a test program from a test console sends the test program through a first firewall, wherein the first firewall is disposed between the private network and the application server, wherein the sending a test program from a test console step includes packaging the test program and digitally signing the package by the test console; sending the test program from the application server to a computing device, wherein said sending the test program from the application server sends the test program through a second firewall and then across a publicly accessible network, wherein the application server is communicatively coupled only through the second firewall to the publicly accessible network, wherein the publicly accessible network comprises the computing device, wherein the second firewall is disposed between the application server and the publically accessible network, wherein the application server is disposed between the private network and the publicly accessible network, wherein the application server is disposed between the first firewall and the second firewall; and testing the computing device by running the test program via a test agent on the computing device.