RE: Network Scan

[H C <keydet89 () yahoo com>]

I've written Perl scripts that do exactly what you're
looking for.  I've used them quite extensively, as
well.  If you're interested, I could send them to
you...I have them on one of my home computers.

> Scan WindowsNT machines on the local network, 
> authenticate with a known admin password, 

If the script is run from a domain admin account, this
last step isn't necessary.

> and
> search for specific files on the local hard drive,
log 
> success, failures and file information. 

Not sure what you mean by "success, failures".  If it
finds a file that meets the specifications, it should
log it...otherwise, it's not logged.  

What file information are you looking for?  There's a
good deal you may be able to get, besides MAC times.

> In this
> first pass I am looking for .jpg and .mpg type files
(we
> have an internal porn issue) but later I envision
using 
> this tool to search for other specific files or file

> types, evidence of trojan files etc...

No problem.  I've done some work writing file
signature analysis scripts, so this same thing can be
employed, in addition to looking for extensions. 
Adding "evidence of trojan files" simply means looking
for files of certain names in specific directories,
and can be a bit cumbersome to maintain.

Carv



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