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Sorry but I must disagree you with you concerning pcAnyWhere.
PCA gives you an good remote control and if you configure it right you don't
have wory about security. I'm not saying that is the best way for security
monitoring station but is a good alternative!
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> I hate to point out the obvious, but PCAnywhere is trully awful in
> architecture ...
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> either 2K with "Administrative" terminal services - + security, or
Metaframe
> w/SecureICA would be your best bet ....
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> Windows with PCA is far too promiscuous to use for a security monitoring
> station ...
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> Jon M Zellhoefer, CCI CCEA NCNI SCNE IEEE
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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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