1. Yes, we are required to do this. It's supposed to be for information
gathering only, but we're trying to cover our backsides, in case they mess
something up.
Yes, we can gain benefit, in that we can use this to get WMI access for
our Orion product.
2. Documentation is a difficult thing. The wording of their message is such
that they feel it's not a big deal for us to just give them a domain admin
account to play with.
>>> Steven Peck <[email protected]> 8/3/2010 10:49 AM >>>
To be honest the real questions are;
1. Are you required to do this? (Usually yes)
- if yes, can you gain benefit? (Usually you can)
2. Do they have documentation on least privilege necessary for their
tools to run?
On Tue, Aug 3, 2010 at 10:26 AM, Free, Bob <[email protected]> wrote:
> My experience with WMI and CMDB or security scanner products tells me
> you are out of luck, at some point, the information they require is
> situated such that they require admin privs just to be able to read it.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Joseph Heaton [mailto:[email protected]]
> Sent: Tuesday, August 03, 2010 10:18 AM
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: Re: WMI information gathering
>
> Anyone have any idea on this one?
>
>>>> Joseph Heaton <[email protected]> 8/2/2010 3:42 PM >>>
> We have a group that wants to come in, and "scan our servers" to gather
> information. We want to cooperate with this effort, but we don't want
> to give them access to be able to write back to the servers. Is this
> possible? Is there a tool that can be used without an admin account, in
> order to gather information from within WMI? Please contact offline for
> further details, if needed. As always, I sincerely appreciate any
> assistance any of you may be able to provide.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Joe
>
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