WBEM Security Issues

[Shekhar Jha <shekhar-jha () usa net>]

I was investigating the possibility of using the WBEM( more specifically WMI
-Microsoft Implementation) to manage the mobile laptops for the employees of
our organization. Basically use this to check the Anti-virus updates
available, the patch level of the OS and other application installed and other
management operations.
In that regards, security of the whole WBEM itself is my question. 
What are your views about the security of the WBEM specification itself. The
understand the security of implementation is in itself a big issue(as I came
across some of the vulnerability in the implementations).
Any thoughts, pointers on security in WBEM would be helpful for me to make
decision.



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