Overview
This article contains terminology and abbreviations that are widely used with LanGuard.
Information
| Term | Definition |
| LanGuard server | LanGuard main application. Occasionally, this term can refer to the machine where the LanGuard main application is installed. |
| LanGuard console | LanGuard main application Windows Graphical User Interface. |
| Central Management Server (CMS) | An optional component deployed separately or along with the LanGuard server, a Web console that unifies multiple LanGuard installations for reporting purposes. |
| LanGuard Agent(s) | Enable data processing and auditing on target machines; once an audit is finished, the result is sent to the LanGuard server. |
| Relay Agent | LanGuard Agents configured as Relay Agents download program updates, patches, and vulnerability definitions directly from the LanGuard server or upstream Relay and serve them to the Agents on client machines. |
| Attendant Service | Windows Service responsible for managing all the modules/plugins. |
| LNSSCommunicator | DCOM engine being used for communications and to enumerate required information. |
| Remediation | Manually or automatically fixing vulnerabilities, deploying Microsoft and third-party patches and updates, installing or removing custom software on network computers. |
| Scanning | A process of gathering information on the network and running various checks on target machines to identify system and network weaknesses via a comprehensive vulnerability definitions database, with tests based on OVAL, CVE, and SANS Top 20 vulnerability assessment guidelines. |
| Scanning Profiles | Collections of tests and vulnerability checks used to retrieve (only) the desired information from the scan targets. |
| Scanning Profile Editor | This editor enables you to create new and to modify existing scanning profiles. |
| Abbreviations | |
| LNSS | LanGuard Network Security Scanner. |
| AD | Active Directory. |
| OU | Organization Unit. |
| DC | Domain Controller. |
| DB | Database. |
| FQDN | Fully Qualified Domain Name: An FQDN is the most complete domain name that identifies a host or server.
The format is: [hostname].[domain].[tld]. |
| MS | Microsoft. |
| WMI | Windows Management Instrumentation. |
| RPC | Remote Procedure Call. |
| SMB | Server Message Block (a.k.a. File and Printer Sharing). |
| OS | Operating System. |
| PC | Personal Computer. |
| TCP | Transmission Control Protocol. |
| UDP | User Datagram Protocol. |
| DNS | Domain Name System - translates domain names into the numerical IP addresses, while Reverse DNS translates IP addresses into domain names. |
| DCOM | Distributed Component Object Model. |
| WoL | Wake on LAN. |