Re: Scanning remote pc's w/ MBSA & SUS...

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From: Steven808 (Steven808_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 10/06/04


Date: Wed, 6 Oct 2004 04:45:01 -0700

Thanks for that suggestion. I am not familar with NAT, but I think I
understand the concept and it sounds like something that might work. :) If
youv'e got any good NAT sites that I could read up on, that would be great.

Thanks,
Steven

"Bojidar Alexandrov" wrote:

> You can switch the sides for this computer only. Put one reversed NAT on the
> router and set it as default gateway for your external computer from where
> you will scan. Configuration must be to set these private IP adresses as
> external ones.
>
> Bojidar Alexandrov
>
>
> "Steven808" <Steven808@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:646239F5-94E3-4539-93B2-0BBBBB7DE108@microsoft.com...
> > Sorry about the post in the IIS, I was orginally posting in regards to
> SUS,
> > so I appologize for that. But in response to your post, Yes the computers
> do
> > have ip addresses, however they're private, like you pointed out.
> >
> > I could scan the computers from the private side, but that would negate
> what
> > I'm trying to do....which is scan computers that are behind a router from
> one
> > pc.
> >
> > The problem w/ port forwarding is that MBSA scans through ports 139 & 445,
> > but if their are multiple computers behind the router, the router doesn't
> > know what computer to forward port 139/445 to. :(
> >
> > Thanks for your info...
> >
> > "David Boyer" wrote:
> >
> > > This is an IIS newsgroup. My first suggestion would be to post this to a
> > > newsgroup related to your issue.
> > >
> > > The computers behind the router should still have IP addresses. The
> question
> > > is whether they have private IPs or public IPs that are visible beyond
> the
> > > router. I think I can assume they're not visible. NAT maybe?
> > >
> > > Is there a reason you cannot scan the computers from the private side of
> the
> > > router? I supposed you could also configure the port forwarding so the
> ports
> > > needed by MBSA get directed to whatever server you're scanning.
> > >
> > >
> > > "Steven808" <Steven808@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > > news:19EA3707-A105-4E8A-B3A9-11518F68F082@microsoft.com...
> > > > Hi,
> > > >
> > > > I'm trying to implement MBSA and SUS into my current environment.
> Here
> > > > are
> > > > my issues that are causing problem. What I'm trying to do is scan
> remote
> > > > computers w/ MBSA and update them w/ approved updates through SUS.
> What
> > > > is
> > > > making this hard is that the computers are behind a router. So they
> don't
> > > > get individual ip address. I normally access a specific computer w/
> port
> > > > forwarding. So what I'm wondering is if I'm able to scan those
> computers
> > > > w/
> > > > MBSA and how? Normally MBSA uses ports 139 & 445, but because I'm
> using
> > > > port
> > > > forwarding, how can I scan each individual computer and get a report
> back?
> > > >
> > > > And after I get that figured out, then I'm going to tackle integrating
> SUS
> > > > with MBSA as well. But I figured that I'd just get MBSA working
> > > > first...but
> > > > using SUS in conjunction is the overall goal.
> > > >
> > > > Any help or suggestions is greatly appreciated.
> > > >
> > > > Aloha,
> > > > Steven
> > >
> > >
> > >
>
>
>



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