Abstract: Security risks associated with scanning a computer are at least mitigated by performing the scanning off node. State data of a target node, or computer, can be acquired in various ways. The acquired state data can be subsequently employed to generate a virtual replica of the target computer or portion thereof on a second computer isolated from the target computer. The virtual replica of the target computer provides a scanner access to the data needed to perform a scan on the second computer without accessing or being able to impact the target computer.

Abstract: Security risks associated with scanning a computer are at least mitigated by performing the scanning off node. State data of a target node, or computer, can be acquired in various ways. The acquired state data can be subsequently employed to generate a virtual replica of the target computer or portion thereof on a second computer isolated from the target computer. The virtual replica of the target computer provides a scanner access to the data needed to perform a scan on the second computer without accessing or being able to impact the target computer.

Abstract: A flowable filling is placed in a piece of bread to make a sandwich by first blocking the front end of a tube extending along a longitudinal axis and having a rear end axially behind the front tube end and then filling the tube behind the blocked front end with a mass of the filling. Subsequently a piston is provided to close the rear end of the tube behind the mass and the filled tube is poked into the piece of bread. The filled tube is then withdrawn from the piece of bread while holding the piston nondisplaceable and unblocking the front end of the tube so that the filling is left in the bread. The tube is of a diameter smaller than that of the piece of bread and is normally at least as long as the piece of bread. The front end is normally pointed so it can be poked into the bread to form its own hole.