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7. Once the rules are added, click OK to close the Add new rule dialog. Click OK to close the Custom
target properties dialog and return to the scan settings.
8. From the Profile drop–down menu, select the scan profile that you want GFI LanGuard to action
during the scan. For more information, refer to Available Scanning Profiles (page 64).
9. From the Credentials drop–down menu, select the log–on method used by GFI LanGuard to log onto
the scan targets. The table below describes the available options:
Option Description
Currently logged on
user
Use the current logged on user credentials when logging on scan targets.
Alternative cre-
dentials
Use custom credentials. Key–in the user name and password to use.
A null session Log onto scan targets using a null session. The user will log onto the target machine as an
anonymous user.
A private key file Log onto UNIX machines using SSH. A user name and password is required.
Table 28: Logon and audit options
Note
The credentials provided need to have administrator privileges in order for GFI
LanGuard to log–on to the target computers and carry out the network audit.
10.(Optional) Click Scan Options and configure the options described below:
Option Description
Use per computer cre-
dentials when available
Logon target machines using the credentials specified in the Dashboard
Remember credentials Use the configured credentials as default when performing an audit.
Wake up offline com-
puters
GFI LanGuard attempts to power on offline computers using Wake-on-LAN. For more infor-
mation, refer to Configuring Wake-on-LAN on scan targets (page 130).
Shut down computers
after scan
Shut down when a scan is complete.
Table 29: Scan options
11. Click Scan to start auditing the selected targets.
5.4 Enabling security audit policies
An important part of any security plan is the ability to monitor and audit events on your network.
These event logs are frequently referenced to identify security holes or breaches. Identifying
attempts and preventing them from becoming successful breaches of your system security is critical.
In Windows, you can use Group Policies to set up an audit policy that can track user activities or
system events in specific logs.
To keep track of your system auditing policy, GFI LanGuard collects the security audit policy settings
from target computers and includes them in the scan result. To access more information on the result
click on Security Audit Policy sub–node.
Apart from gaining knowledge on the current audit policy settings, you can also use GFI LanGuard to
access and modify the audit policy settings of your target computers. To achieve this: