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Have you used BindView Control or Admin?

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by hmiller99

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I'm trying to get an idea of what product to use for scanning and correcting security vulnerabilities on my network. I have a pretty plain vanilla network with mostly Netware 5 servers. We have more NT servers but they are all used as app servers and don't have users.

bv-Control and bv-Admin look really good and I just want to get a feel for what others think about them.

Do you like a different product? If so, what is it? and Why do you like it better?

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by cybergod

Probably the best tool for scanning your network is nmap under Linux or UNIX OS. If you want to know why, read the article here at techrepublic (Linux Channel) about it

by erikdr

I suppose you're thinking about BV-Control for NetWare, for W2K and for Internet Security. The latter does 'tests from the outside' to all IP services, while the former two document your security and compare all settings to templates. Don't see muchuse of BV-Admin for the purposes you mention, though it has an excellent virtual directory module.
Well, never actually used them in production (though the W2K module came close, unfortunately the whole project was killed off...) BUT did quite a few tests on them in my labs, for magazine reviews. Main competitors are:
* BV-Control for Internet Security: NetIQ Security Analyzer
* BV-Control for NetWare/W2K: Symantec (ex-Axent) Enterprise Security Manager

Each has its pros and cons comparedwith BV. Just look at those too and make your choice, generally spoken bview has quite good stuff.

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