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automatic asset info collection

 Hi,  I'm looking for a tool / tools that I would put on a "collection box"(maybe a linux box) onto a network, and it would come back with as muchinfo about each attached computer or network device as possible (be it HWinfo, SW info or configuration info);  Apparently the first step would be to determine the existence of thenetwork devices ( for that is best to use arpwatch, right ? ), the secondstep would be determining what kind of device it is ( I guess here iswhere nmap's OS fingerprinting would come in handy ), but the third step-- collection of hardware info, configuration info and installed softwareinfo -- is where I'm running short on ideas.  I am *not* trying to hack into the boxes, I assume the passwords forroot/Administrator will be provided. Has anybody heard of a tool /collection of tools that can be installed/run on a variety of boxes,that would come back with a plethora of info about the box ? (HW configinfo - model #, serial #s, RAM, CPUs, SCSIs, etc and SW config info)e.g. a tool for all windows versions (95,98,NT,2k,XP) and a tool forHPUXes, Suns, Linuxes, DECs, AIXes, that would give me all the HW configand SW installations info.  I guess to collect info about installed software on the detected HWdevices (and to collect more info about the HW, such as motherboard S/N,HD types and sizes, etc), I might have to install a piece of software oneach server and workstation, which would collect all the pertinent infoand forward it to the "collection box" for processing. Alternatively, Iwould have to grant the "collection box" filesystem access to each serverand workstation to search through the files and from it determineinstalled software. (note that the OSes are various Unixes and Windows)  I know networking, perl, C++, etc well, so I'm not afraid to have topiece together various separate tools.  Can anyone please email me *any* pointers to such tools or pointers tonewsgroups / mailing lists where I could learn more about such tools ?(Preferably free software, or useful shareware, but notthousands-of-dollars licensed software.)    Thank you !      John-- -- Gospel of Jesus is the saving power of God for all who believe --               ## To some, nothing is impossible. ##http://Honza.Vicherek.com/---------------------------------------------------------------------For help using this (nmap-dev) mailing list, send a blank email to nmap-dev-help () insecure org . List run by ezmlm-idx (www.ezmlm.org).

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