<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US">The HCL Development team is pleased to
announce updates to the BigFix Asset Discovery.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US">This release provides the following
capabilities:</span></p>
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</span></span><span lang="EN-US">BES Asset Discovery now
supports Nmap Scan Point Version 7.95 running where BigFix Agent is supported: </span></p>
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</span></span><span lang="EN-US">all Windows ( x86-64 ), Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 7.4 and higher ( x86-64 ), Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 and
higher ( x86-64 ), Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 and higher ( x86-64 ), CentOS 7,8
( x86-64 ), Amazon Linux 2 ( x86-64 ), Amazon Linux 2023 ( x86-64 )</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US"> BES Asset Discovery continues to support
older platforms with an older version of Nmap Scan Point.</span></p>
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</span></span><span lang="EN-US">Defect Articles Addressed: </span></p>
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</span></span><span lang="EN-US">KB0113536 - Unable to import unmanaged
assets</span></p>
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</span></span><span lang="EN-US">KB0115873 - NMAP Unmanaged
asset scanner not working on RHEL 9</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><b><span lang="EN-US">Reason for Update:</span></b></p>
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</span></span><span lang="EN-US">Nmap 7.95 includes new OSs and
service fingerprints, a much-improved Npcap library and service detection
improvements to make the scan faster and more accurate. Additionally, the Nmap
security scanner and Npcap packet capture library are used within BigFix under
license from Insecure.Com LLC (The Nmap Project). </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><b><span lang="EN-US">Actions to Take:</span></b></p>
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</span></span><span lang="EN-US">Users of the BigFix Asset
Discovery will need to update the Nmap Scan Points to version 7.95, using the
following Fixlets from the BES Asset Discovery site:</span></p>
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</span></span><span lang="EN-US">Fixlet 261 Upgrade Nmap Scan
Point</span></p>
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</span></span><span lang="EN-US">Fixlet 264 Upgrade Nmap Scan
Point - Red Hat Enterprise Linux | CentOS</span></p>
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</span></span><span lang="EN-US">Users of the BigFix Asset
Discovery will need to upgrade the Asset Discovery Import Service, using the
following Fixlets from the BES Asset Discovery site:</span></p>
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</span></span><span lang="EN-US">Fixlet 15 Upgrade Nmap Asset
Discovery Import Service </span></p>
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</span></span><span lang="EN-US">Fixlet 251 Upgrade Nmap Asset
Discovery Import Service - Red Hat Enterprise Linux</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US">There is no Platform version as a
prerequisite.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US">Published Site Version: BES Asset
Discovery, site version 111</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><b><span lang="EN-US">Additional Links:</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US"><a style="color:blue;text-decoration-line:underline">Asset
Discovery User’s Guide (v11)</a> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US"><a href="https://help.hcl-software.com/bigfix/10.0/platform/Platform/Asset_Discovery/c_setting_up_your_environment.html" style="color:blue">Asset
Discovery User’s Guide (v10)</a></span></p></div>