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Viewing a machine's properties

After you have added a machine to the console, you can view that machine's properties.

To view a host's properties, right click on the host's icon to show the menu for that host, and click on the "Properties..." menu item.


The Properties window displays information about the host, and also allows you to gather information about this host.


This dialog box shows the following:

• The host name you entered when you added this host
  
• The hosts Fully Qualified Domain Name (FQDN See "What is DNS?") for more information.
  
• The hosts IP Address.
  
• The reverse lookup (PTR Record) of the hosts IP address.
  
• Any aliases (CNAME Records) of the host's name.
  
• The Fingerprint Web Server button enables you to determine what type of web server is running on the host.
  
• The Fingerprint Mail Server button enables you to determine what type of mail server is running on the host.
  
• The Scan button lets you perform a port scan on the host to determine what Internet (TCP and UDP) Services are running on the host.
  
• The Scan History button lets you see a history of the scans you have performed on this host. Use the Scan History to determine if unauthorized software has been installed on your machine.
  
• The DNS button lets you lookup up Domain Name information about the host, including the hosts that receive email for this host's domain, and the email address of the person responsible for this domain's DNS configuration.
  
• The Whois (Domain Name) button lets you lookup the name and address of the parties who registered this domain name, and also the nameservers that host this domain.
  
• The Whois (IP Address) button lets you find out information on the ISP (Internet Service Provider) that is hosting this machine.
  

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