RE: Quick question about system scanner

[Ballerini, Jean Paul (ISS Zurich)]

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> > So the console will only run on Windows. Actually, it also 
> logical to do so
> > since in most environments, the admin will want to monitor 
> the System
> > Scanner from his workstation rather than having to run 
> around to a Unix box
> > every time he wants to run a session or generate a report.
> 
>       I disagree.  From what was described to me the 
> "console" is acting
> more like a server than anything else.  The same machine holds the
> database, and is responsible for pushing out policies and 
> such.  This is a
> server, and as such will sit in our server room.  However, 
> for day to day
> work, we will need to access it, and currently, the thought is
> "pcanywhere".  Bleargh.  Lousy architecture.
> 
>       I was told that the "console" box has to be a dedicated 
> box.  Any
> "dedicated" box sits in a dedicated server room.
> 

I guess it is important to piont out that with release 4.2 of System Scanner
we also have "Vista", which is a web interface to the console. Therefore
there is no need for you to use "pcanywhere" at all.
The reason why it makes sense to have a dedicated machine is that when you
pull the data (without at the same time removing them from the agent, btw),
you fill the SS database with the vulnerabilities of your servers. I would
not be too enthusiast at the idea that anybody  can sit in front of the
machine.
I don't know when you got information about SS, but I have the feeling
they're not completely up to date.

        Jean Paul

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