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TECHNIQUES FOR AUTOMATIC DISCOVERY AND UPDATE OF CLIENT ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION IN A VIRTUAL PRIVATE NETWORK (VPN)

  • US 20090228973A1
  • Filed: 03/06/2008
  • Published: 09/10/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/06/2008
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A machine-implemented method, comprising:

  • monitoring a third-party vendor for information on a software product;

    parsing the information from the third-party vendor to detect an update to the software product;

    constructing a policy rule for the update; and

    updating a policy store for the policy rule, wherein the policy rule is subsequently pushed to an agent on a client during initial virtual private network (VPN) negotiation for the agent to gather client information relating to the policy rule and report that client information back to a VPN connection manager during the VPN negotiation.

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