How are applications discovered in CCA with NDG Scan
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Network discovery gateway connects to remote machines and runs a scan to get various information, one of them is the applications installed
How are the "Applications" installed detected by NDG?
How are the "Applications" installed detected by NDG?
Environment
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Component: CAACM
Component: CAACM
Resolution
Windows
Within the registry hive of: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall
For each item that has "DisplayName" and "Version", those applications are considered installed and will be used within the results
A Microsoft patch is also detected here using the same keys, but validates that the Publisher is "Microsoft" and that the "DisplayName" contains "KB" in order for it to be a Microsoft KB Patch
*Nix
Each distribution has its own command for this
Within the registry hive of: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall
For each item that has "DisplayName" and "Version", those applications are considered installed and will be used within the results
A Microsoft patch is also detected here using the same keys, but validates that the Publisher is "Microsoft" and that the "DisplayName" contains "KB" in order for it to be a Microsoft KB Patch
*Nix
Each distribution has its own command for this
| RPM | /bin/rpm -qa |
| HP-UX | /usr/sbin/swlist -l product |
| Debian | /usr/bin/dpkg -l |
| AIX | /usr/bin/lslpp -Lc |
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