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Remote access to resources over a network

  • US 8,601,550 B2
  • Filed: 11/02/2010
  • Issued: 12/03/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/24/2004
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of determining and updating the computing environment of a client computer, comprising:

  • a client computer sending a request to an access server requesting access to a remote resource;

    the access server establishing a secure communication channel between the client computer and a server system;

    installing a pre-authentication interrogator agent onto the client computer using the secure communication channel, the server system receiving a first set of interrogation results produced by the pre-authentication interrogator agent that describe one or more objects of the computing environment of the client computer;

    authenticating that the first set of interrogation results correspond to at least one of a known client computer or to a known client computer user;

    installing a post-authentication interrogator agent on the client computer using the secure communication channel, the server system receiving a second set of interrogation results that describe one or more other objects of the computing environment of the client computer; and

    providing the remote resource to the client computer over the secure communication channel upon determination by a policy server that the first and second sets of interrogation results comply with a policy rule, the policy rule specifying a condition for the user of the client device to access the requested resource, and wherein the remote resource is provided by the server system.

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