Network Security Inspector

System Requirements

Host Hardware Requirements

• Dedicated machine
• 1 GB (2+ recommended, depending on number of targets scanned at one time)
• 20 GB free disk space
• 1024 x 768 Monitor res display
• Network access
• Windows XP Professional SP2+ or Windows Server 2003 SP1+
• PDF Viewer to open reports

Administrative Requirements

• Administrative rights are required to install the product and scan the host or target machine. 
• The logon account being used to scan the target machine must be a member of that machine's Administrators Group or a domain Administrators Group.
• Target machines must have an account in the Administrators Group.
• Must have File and Printer Sharing for MS Networks enabled.

The requirements to scan RedHat machines are as follows:

• TCP/IP Network Protocol enabled and configured to respond to Ping command.
• The member of the host Administrators Group must authenticate against the target machine with an account that can execute the Red Hat command (rpm - qa, uname, tar), and read the ‘/etc' directory from the scanning machine.
• Secure Shell (SSH - 2.0 recommended), Secure Copy (SCP) and SFTP must installed.
• The Secure Shell daemon must be enabled and listening on the default port 22.
• The User has both read and write privileges to the user's home directory on the target machine.
• The target system is running and the network path to the target is not experiencing any problems - tracert target completes successfully.