Detailed scan results: Analyzing network devices

Unmonitored network devices, especially wireless ones, are becoming a main source of information leakage in organizations. Special care must be given to ensure that only authorized wireless devices are connected to your network infrastructure!

Screenshot 46 - Network devices enumerated during a security scanning session

As parts of the vulnerability scanning process, GFI LANguard N.S.S. enumerates all hardware and software network devices including physical and wireless ones. To access this information click on the Network Devices sub-node. The information collected in this sub-node is grouped as follows:

•	Physical devices (Wired)

•	Wireless devices

•	Virtual devices

•	Software enumerated devices.

Each group includes various details about the device detected including:

•	MAC Address

•	IP Address(es)

•	Device Type

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Hostname

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Domain

•	DHCP details

•	WEP (were available)

•	SSID (were available)

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Gateway

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Status.