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GFI LanGuard 2 Installing GFI LanGuard | 25
Supported database backends
The database backend is the location where GFI LanGuard stores scan and network information from
network security audits and remediation operations. The database backend can be any of the
following:
Microsoft
®
Access
SQL Server
®
2000 or later
MSDE/SQL Server Express
®
edition.
Target computer components
The following table provides you with information about components that are required to be
installed/enabled on computers to be scanned remotely by GFI LanGuard:
Component Description
Secure Shell (SSH) Required for UNIX based scan targets. Commonly included as part of all major
Unix/Linux distributions.
Windows Management Instru-
mentation (WMI)
Required to scan Windows-based scan targets. Included in all Windows 2000 or
newer operating systems.
File and Printer Sharing Required to enumerate and collect information about scan targets.
Remote Registry Required for GFI LanGuard to run a temporary service for scanning a remote tar-
get.
Table 7: Software requirements - Additional components
Additional GFI LanGuard Server components
The following additional component is required on the computer where the GFI LanGuard Server
component is installed:
Microsoft .NET
®
Framework 3.5.
2.2.3 Firewall Ports and Protocols
This section provides you with information about the required firewall ports and protocols settings
for:
GFI LanGuard Server and Relay Agents
GFI LanGuard Agent and Agent-less computers
GFI LanGuard and Relay Agents
Configure your firewall to allow Inbound connections on TCP port 1070, on computers running:
GFI LanGuard
Relay Agents
This port is automatically used when GFI LanGuard is installed, and handles all inbound
communication between the server component and the monitored computers. If GFI LanGuard
detects that port 1070 is already in use by another application, it automatically searches for an
available port in the range of 1070-1170.
To manually configure the communication port:
1. Launch GFI LanGuard.
2. Click Configuration tab > Manage Agents.