GFI LANSSMCREN3000-3999-2Y User Manual
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Make the following changes on the target computers firewall. When you do this you only need to
specify the IP address of the computer where LANguard is installed
specify the IP address of the computer where LANguard is installed
Enable File and Printer Sharing
Enable port 135 for message sending
Enable Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) traffic
It is recommended that you do not scan more than 2,000 IPs in a single scan. This is not a limitation of
GFI LANguard, however is recommended to keep your scanning time low.
Make sure you use a scanning profile which performs only the operations you need (e.g., don’t use the
“Full Scan” profile just to check for open shares, port scanning is a very time consuming process, so
consider doing these as a separate scan.)
When scanning IP ranges, you may want to check and exclude from scanning certain devices like
printers, IP phones, etc.
If you have further questions regarding scanning or performance issues please contact us
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GFI LANGUARD FILTERING AND/OR REPORTING
GFI LANguard is a powerful tool that allows you to Scan, Analyze and Remediate your network. The information that is
provided by LANguard allows you to do effective Patch Management, Vulnerability Scanning and Network Auditing.
Having the data is only half the results you get with LANguard. There are two (2) different methods to summarizing the
results of your scans: Results Filtering and the GFI LANguard ReportPack.
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Results Filtering: Though the LANguard interface you can create your own filter (e.g., on the fly, quick,
simple report). Scan results typically present a lot of information and Results Filtering is utilized when
you only want specific information to achieve a particular goal, e.g., identifying only which patches are
missing in your system. Results Filtering can be done from a recent scan or one loaded from the
database.
To create a new results filter follow the steps described
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GFI LANguard ReportPack: Included with the product (as a separate download found
) is an easy
to use reporting facility, the
The reports available in the ReportPack are designed to satisfy the needs of the organization: both from
the high level graphical views for management (e.g., Trend reports) to the detailed reports and scans
(such as daily drill down reports) needed to satisfy the needs of technical staff. As we know for
management, a picture can be worth a thousand words.
management, a picture can be worth a thousand words.
Types of reports created through LANguard ReportPack include:
Executive reports: overview and trend analysis information through graphical reports.
Sample Executive reports:
and
Statistical reports: information related to vulnerability and operating system
distribution throughout the network.
distribution throughout the network.
Sample Statisctical reports:
Technical reports: technical information on vulnerabilities, missing patches and trojans.
Sample Technical reports:
Sample Technical reports:
and
Top 20 reports:
the top 20 most vulnerable hosts based on open ports, missing patches
or trojans. Sample Top 20 reports