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, has launched LANguard Network Scanner, a security scanner to audit network security as freeware. LANguard Network Scanner can make a network security inventory, detect unnecessary shares, pen ports and registries that are not secured, and check whether the operating system operating system (OS)

Software that controls the operation of a computer, directs the input and output of data, keeps track of files, and controls the processing of computer programs.
(OS) is 'advertising' too much information. it also does OS detection, password strength The term password strength is a security measure of passwords. The necessary quality of the password depends on how well the password system limits attempts to guess a user's password, whether by a person who knows the user well, or a computer trying millions of possibilities.  testing and more. It also scans a network based on an IP range, and compiles all the information in a HTML HTML
 in full HyperText Markup Language

Markup language derived from SGML that is used to prepare hypertext documents. Relatively easy for nonprogrammers to master, HTML is the language used for documents on the World Wide Web.
 report. The Scanner allows the user to scan the network from a hacker's perspective enabling it to identify all machines, their NETBIOS info, open ports, shares and more, giving the same information that a hacker would have. With this information, LANguard Network Scanner users can proactively secure their networks by shutting down unnecessary ports, shares, etc.

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Date:Sep 1, 2001
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