Microsoft Windows 2000, Windows 2003, Windows XP, or higher
Pentium III processor or higher
700 MHz CPU or higher
512 MB RAM or greater
Screen resolution of 800 x 600 or higher
Swap file of 1 GB or more (or twice the RAM, whichever is higher)
~50 MB free disk space available for software
Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0 SP1 or higher
Java Virtual Machine Note: Manual installation may be necessary for Windows 2003
or XP. In the final release of Windows 2003 Server (all versions) and Windows XP (since SP1a),
there's NO integrated Java Virtual Machine.
MDAC 2.6 or higher
To view the .DOC reports, MSWord or StarOffice must be installed
To view the Visio diagrams, Visio 5.0c, Visio 2000, or Visio 2003
English-version on the installation system and the viewing system
To use alerts and triggers, a SNMP manager (v2c traps) or a mail server
must be available on the network.
NetBIOS (over TCP/IP) protocol support
To collect and report Domain AND System level information completely in one report,
Client for Microsoft Networks
RPC Service
Note: To report Active Directory, the AD/DS Client is also required.
NetBIOS (over TCP/IP) protocol support
Database Considerations
Microsoft SQL Server (version 7 or 2000) or MSDE for the data repository.
~60 MB free disk space available for MSDE installation (if necessary)
Note: MSDE is a free Microsoft database with a 2.5GB data limit, making it
a viable option for testing the database functionality or small environments.
MSDE can be upgraded to SQL Server at any time (without any data loss).
Target Systems
Remote Registry Service enabled
RPC Service
Server Service enabled
File & Print sharing for Microsoft Networks protocol enabled
NetBIOS (over TCP/IP) protocol support or AD
To collect and report Domain AND System level information completely in one report,
Client for Microsoft Networks
RPC Service
Domain (or Enterprise) Administrator rights for all the domains containing systems
you want to document Note: To report on machines in WorkGroups, you must have an
administrator account on all machines to be reported that MATCHES the login / password
of the domain admin account of the domain in which machine where the
software is installed.
Supported / Reported
Microsoft NT 4.0 SP4 or higher
Microsoft Windows 2000
Microsoft Windows XP
Microsoft Windows 2003 (New 2003 features are not yet documented)
Optional - Distribution
For web-based distribution of reports, a webserver (IIS, Apache, etc.)
with file access to the webserver content regions
What's New
What's New
New White Paper developed to provide a quick overview of issues central to the security auditing process. >> Click here for pdf.
