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Discovery is a new feature in Open-AudIT version 1.2. Discovery will audit Windows and Linux computers, SNMP scan network devices and record active target addresses if no SNMP is active. Discovery runs entirely from the web interface regardless of the Open-AudIT server running on Linux or Windows.

NOTE - You will need the ports for WMI on the Windows firewall opened on each target Windows computer. For Windows Core servers, ensure you allow the firewall connections as per - http://blogs.technet.com/b/brad_rutkowski/archive/2007/10/22/unable-to-remotely-manage-a-server-core-machine-mmc-wmi-device-manager.aspx

How to use Discovery

Setting Default Attributes

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