OFF TOPIC - Network Monitoring and Securing

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Michael,

Thanks, this looks simple enough.


Patrick

-----Original Message-----
From: Podlin, Michael [mailto:michael.podlin@...]
Sent: Friday, August 13, 2004 4:51 PM
To: 'vantage@yahoogroups.com'
Subject: RE: [Vantage] OFF TOPIC - Network Monitoring and Securing


Here is another powerful toy that you could schedule with command line
options:

http://grc.com/wizmo/wizmo.htm

But once again, if someone is working when the schedule trips, they get
booted off. Then if the log back in and leave you're back to square one.
One sure way would be to lock down the policies that enforced everyone to
have a specific screen saver (one that logs you off) or enforce passworded
screen savers.



-----Original Message-----
From: pjw@... [mailto:pjw@...]
Sent: Friday, August 13, 2004 4:19 PM
To: vantage@yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: [Vantage] OFF TOPIC - Network Monitoring and Securing


Michael,

Whatever it takes to ensure cleaning people don't have open access to a pc
left open by someone who forgot to logout or lock their PC.


Patrick

-----Original Message-----
From: Podlin, Michael [mailto:michael.podlin@...]
Sent: Friday, August 13, 2004 4:16 PM
To: 'vantage@yahoogroups.com'
Subject: RE: [Vantage] OFF TOPIC - Network Monitoring and Securing

What do you mean by locked? powered off? logged out? password protected
screen saver running?

-----Original Message-----
From: pjw@... [mailto:pjw@...]
Sent: Friday, August 13, 2004 4:10 PM
To: vantage@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Vantage] OFF TOPIC - Network Monitoring and Securing


All,

Is there any way to monitor what PC's are not locked when users leave for
the day?
List all PC's at 6:00PM which are not locked?
Anyway to schedule this on all PC's in the office?
All comments appreciated.


Patrick Winter






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All,

Is there any way to monitor what PC's are not locked when users leave for
the day?
List all PC's at 6:00PM which are not locked?
Anyway to schedule this on all PC's in the office?
All comments appreciated.


Patrick Winter




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What do you mean by locked? powered off? logged out? password protected
screen saver running?

-----Original Message-----
From: pjw@... [mailto:pjw@...]
Sent: Friday, August 13, 2004 4:10 PM
To: vantage@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Vantage] OFF TOPIC - Network Monitoring and Securing


All,

Is there any way to monitor what PC's are not locked when users leave for
the day?
List all PC's at 6:00PM which are not locked?
Anyway to schedule this on all PC's in the office?
All comments appreciated.


Patrick Winter
4
Michael,

Whatever it takes to ensure cleaning people don't have open access to a pc
left open by someone who forgot to logout or lock their PC.


Patrick

-----Original Message-----
From: Podlin, Michael [mailto:michael.podlin@...]
Sent: Friday, August 13, 2004 4:16 PM
To: 'vantage@yahoogroups.com'
Subject: RE: [Vantage] OFF TOPIC - Network Monitoring and Securing

What do you mean by locked? powered off? logged out? password protected
screen saver running?

-----Original Message-----
From: pjw@... [mailto:pjw@...]
Sent: Friday, August 13, 2004 4:10 PM
To: vantage@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Vantage] OFF TOPIC - Network Monitoring and Securing


All,

Is there any way to monitor what PC's are not locked when users leave for
the day?
List all PC's at 6:00PM which are not locked?
Anyway to schedule this on all PC's in the office?
All comments appreciated.


Patrick Winter






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Attached is a program I wrote years ago to shutdown/reboot windows if it
helps. I still use it for remote desktop sessions for the options to
Logout, reboot, shutdown the remote pc. You could schedule this program in
windows to run at 6pm with windows scheduler and pass in the variable
/REBOOT or /LOGOFF or /SHUTDOWN from the command line to have the computer
do what you want to do. Not too keen if someone is working at 6 since it
does a Forced Shutdown.

There is lots of other things you could do depending upon how much
programming you wish to do, but you could have a small program running on
all pc's that broadcasts its status over the network and have a program on a
server listening for them and keep tabs of what's going on and send commands
out to the workstations to reboot them. This is what I use on the shop
floor to keep track of the data collection stations to make sure dc is
running. If the listening program on the server doesn't hear from a pc in
over one hr, I'm notified by e-mail of which station and I can run out and
check it.

-----Original Message-----
From: pjw@... [mailto:pjw@...]
Sent: Friday, August 13, 2004 4:19 PM
To: vantage@yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: [Vantage] OFF TOPIC - Network Monitoring and Securing


Michael,

Whatever it takes to ensure cleaning people don't have open access to a pc
left open by someone who forgot to logout or lock their PC.


Patrick

-----Original Message-----
From: Podlin, Michael [mailto:michael.podlin@...]
Sent: Friday, August 13, 2004 4:16 PM
To: 'vantage@yahoogroups.com'
Subject: RE: [Vantage] OFF TOPIC - Network Monitoring and Securing

What do you mean by locked? powered off? logged out? password protected
screen saver running?

-----Original Message-----
From: pjw@... [mailto:pjw@...]
Sent: Friday, August 13, 2004 4:10 PM
To: vantage@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Vantage] OFF TOPIC - Network Monitoring and Securing


All,

Is there any way to monitor what PC's are not locked when users leave for
the day?
List all PC's at 6:00PM which are not locked?
Anyway to schedule this on all PC's in the office?
All comments appreciated.


Patrick Winter






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Crystal Reports and other 'goodies', please goto:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/files/.
(2) To search through old msg's goto:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/messages
(3) To view links to Vendors that provide Vantage services goto:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/links
Yahoo! Groups Links








Useful links for the Yahoo!Groups Vantage Board are: ( Note: You must have
already linked your email address to a yahoo id to enable access. )
(1) To access the Files Section of our Yahoo!Group for Report Builder and
Crystal Reports and other 'goodies', please goto:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/files/.
(2) To search through old msg's goto:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/messages
(3) To view links to Vendors that provide Vantage services goto:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/links
Yahoo! Groups Links








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6
Here is another powerful toy that you could schedule with command line
options:

http://grc.com/wizmo/wizmo.htm

But once again, if someone is working when the schedule trips, they get
booted off. Then if the log back in and leave you're back to square one.
One sure way would be to lock down the policies that enforced everyone to
have a specific screen saver (one that logs you off) or enforce passworded
screen savers.



-----Original Message-----
From: pjw@... [mailto:pjw@...]
Sent: Friday, August 13, 2004 4:19 PM
To: vantage@yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: [Vantage] OFF TOPIC - Network Monitoring and Securing


Michael,

Whatever it takes to ensure cleaning people don't have open access to a pc
left open by someone who forgot to logout or lock their PC.


Patrick

-----Original Message-----
From: Podlin, Michael [mailto:michael.podlin@...]
Sent: Friday, August 13, 2004 4:16 PM
To: 'vantage@yahoogroups.com'
Subject: RE: [Vantage] OFF TOPIC - Network Monitoring and Securing

What do you mean by locked? powered off? logged out? password protected
screen saver running?

-----Original Message-----
From: pjw@... [mailto:pjw@...]
Sent: Friday, August 13, 2004 4:10 PM
To: vantage@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Vantage] OFF TOPIC - Network Monitoring and Securing


All,

Is there any way to monitor what PC's are not locked when users leave for
the day?
List all PC's at 6:00PM which are not locked?
Anyway to schedule this on all PC's in the office?
All comments appreciated.


Patrick Winter






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Useful links for the Yahoo!Groups Vantage Board are: ( Note: You must have
already linked your email address to a yahoo id to enable access. )
(1) To access the Files Section of our Yahoo!Group for Report Builder and
Crystal Reports and other 'goodies', please goto:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/files/.
(2) To search through old msg's goto:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/messages
(3) To view links to Vendors that provide Vantage services goto:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/links
Yahoo! Groups Links








Useful links for the Yahoo!Groups Vantage Board are: ( Note: You must have
already linked your email address to a yahoo id to enable access. )
(1) To access the Files Section of our Yahoo!Group for Report Builder and
Crystal Reports and other 'goodies', please goto:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/files/.
(2) To search through old msg's goto:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/messages
(3) To view links to Vendors that provide Vantage services goto:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/links
Yahoo! Groups Links
7
What scripting language do you use? Any recommendations for books?

Bruce Butler

Message: 16
Date: Fri, 13 Aug 2004 16:39:44 -0500
From: "Podlin, Michael" <michael.podlin@...>
Subject: RE: OFF TOPIC - Network Monitoring and Securing

Attached is a program I wrote years ago to shutdown/reboot windows if it
helps. I still use it for remote desktop sessions for the options to
Logout, reboot, shutdown the remote pc. You could schedule this program
in windows to run at 6pm with windows scheduler and pass in the variable
/REBOOT or /LOGOFF or /SHUTDOWN from the command line to have the
computer do what you want to do. Not too keen if someone is working at
6 since it does a Forced Shutdown.

There is lots of other things you could do depending upon how much
programming you wish to do, but you could have a small program running
on all pc's that broadcasts its status over the network and have a
program on a server listening for them and keep tabs of what's going on
and send commands out to the workstations to reboot them. This is what
I use on the shop floor to keep track of the data collection stations to
make sure dc is running. If the listening program on the server doesn't
hear from a pc in over one hr, I'm notified by e-mail of which station
and I can run out and check it.