RE: Exchange mail server settings - easy dump possible?

[Jörg H. Schauff <joerg.schauff () bfv bund de>]

hi petr,

i don't know if this is exactly what you are looking for but you can try
this: 
Microsoft Product Support's Reporting Tools
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=cebf3c7c-7ca5-408f-
88b7-f9c79b7306c0&DisplayLang=en

hope this helps
-joerg

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Petr.Kazil () eap nl [mailto:Petr.Kazil () eap nl] 
> Sent: Monday, May 23, 2005 4:58 PM
> To: pen-test () securityfocus com
> Subject: Exchange mail server settings - easy dump possible?
>
>
> I've been playing with a trial version of Exchange Server 2003.
> Using the NIST, NSA and Microsoft security guidelines I'm 
> getting a better idea of the relevant security settings.
> But it's a pain to click through all the relevant screens in 
> the System Manager GUI.
>
> Is there a tool that dumps all the settings in one readable 
> text file - for example like Dumpsec ?
> I haven't been able to find it yet.
>
> I have found and used the Exchange Best Practices Analyzer 
> Tool, and it works fine and covers some of the relevant 
> settings but (AFAIK) not all of them.
>
> Or are the settings stored in the registry, a config file or 
> an XML-file with settings somewhere?
> I'm reluctant to try scripting, because I fear that the 
> learning curve will be steep (I know VBscript but not the 
> WMI/API interfaces I would probably need).
>
> I will search through my old WindowsITPro magazines and 
> probably it will be in here somewhere ...
>
> Thanks for any suggestions.
> Petr

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