Re: Inventory Tools

["Jeffery Chen Fan" <jeffery9 () gmail com>]

the simple way is scripting with WMI.


On Fri, Oct 24, 2008 at 3:56 AM, Erik Luken <eluken () pentarch org> wrote:
> I'm no longer with that particular company, and I am trying to recall if I
> did try to expand it out onto the WAN or not. I want to say no, since I was
> only responsible for the hardware in the one particular office. If I recall,
> when it did the scan, it only scanned our network, and not anything outside
> the LAN.
>
> Erik
>
> --------------------------------------------------
> From: "Murda Mcloud" <murdamcloud () bigpond com>
> Sent: Wednesday, October 22, 2008 6:05 PM
> To: <security-basics () securityfocus com>
> Subject: RE: Inventory Tools
>
> > Did you get it to work over a WAN, Eric? Not sure if it natively does this
> > or it would need some jigging.
> >
> > OCS works fine 'on the network' but I have never tried to get it to work
> > across firewalls/routers/different subnets so can't help there.
> >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: listbounce () securityfocus com [mailto:listbounce () securityfocus com]
> > > > On Behalf Of Erik Luken
> > > > Sent: Thursday, October 23, 2008 2:07 AM
> > > > To: security-basics () securityfocus com
> > > > Cc: Murda Mcloud; 'Mohit Sharma'
> > > > Subject: Re: Inventory Tools
> > > >
> > > > I've gotten Spiceworks to work over a LAN.  Though I do not recall it
> > > > giving
> > > > the keys.
> > > >
> > > > A couple of the machines on my network did not respond to spiceworks,
> > > > > and
> > > > I
> > > > was never able to figure out why (though I did not spend an inordinate
> > > > amount of time attempting to figure it out).
> > > >
> > > > --------------------------------------------------
> > > > From: "Murda Mcloud" <murdamcloud () bigpond com>
> > > > Sent: Tuesday, October 21, 2008 5:31 PM
> > > > To: "'Mohit Sharma'" <i.m.cupids.arrow () gmail com>;
> > > > <security-basics () securityfocus com>
> > > > Subject: RE: Inventory Tools
> > > >
> > > > > Spiceworks? Not sure if you can get it to work over WAN.
> > > > > Or ocsinventory which is open source.
> > > > > http://www.ocsinventory-ng.org/
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > > > > From: listbounce () securityfocus com
> > > > [mailto:listbounce () securityfocus com]
> > > > > > > On Behalf Of Mohit Sharma
> > > > > > > Sent: Tuesday, October 21, 2008 3:51 PM
> > > > > > > To: security-basics () securityfocus com
> > > > > > > Subject: Inventory Tools
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Dear List,
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > I'm looking for some free tools which can be used to collect the
> > > > basic
> > > > > > > asset data (like processor speed, RAM, hard disk space. MS
> > > > > > > windows/Office  version along with keys if possible). I want to use
> > > > > > > these tools over the WAN (connectivity over VSAT to branch >>>
> > > > > > > > locations)
> > > > > > > to track the asset configurations and for licensing compliance
> > > > > > > management purpose.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > I've looked at some options like BMC Discovery and Altris but these
> > > > > > > are expensive tools. Any suggestions will be helpful.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > --
> > > > > > > Regards;
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Mohit Sharma
> > > > > > > Information Security Manager
> > > > > > > Sahara India Financial Corporation Limited
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > O<  ASCII ribbon campaign - stop HTML mail



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Jeffery
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