User Guide

Setting / Description

Default Value

Allow the Scanner to attempt SSH Key connections on discovery

NO

On the initial scan if this is YES, every available SSH key is tried to attempt connection.

Allow the Scanner to use all matching logon account passwords

NO

On the initial scan if this is YES, every available matching logon from Scanner Security is tried. Default is the first one it finds only.

DNS: Resolve hostnames through nslookup

NO

On discovery use DNS hostnames.

If DNS entry is missing, the hostname is set to the local hostname.

DNS: Store fully qualified hostnames in the database

NO

If NO the first token is stripped out of the FQDN and saved

e.g debian01.UNIX.local becomes debian01

Scanner connection order: WINIPC,SSHKEY,SSHUSER and TELNET

WINIPC,SSHKEY

The order of authentication methods the scanner uses

Scanner Thread timeout (seconds)

180

The timeout before a scanner kills a hanging connection

SSH validation id 1=MD5 Hash, 2=SHA1 fingerprint, 3=Public Key

3

What type of validation the system uses to recognise remote computers. Public Key is the most secure.

The maximum number of Scanned IP addresses

100000

Prevents users from starting scans that can take more than 1 hour to complete. 1 Hour = 100,000 PING failures