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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Hi Etienne,</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>I’ve been playing around with
getting the various bit of info, such as disk usage, cpu, services, etc. using
WMI scripts via .vbs. I’ve attached the file.</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>I’ve not touched it for a month or
so, but it might be of some use. The [ps] section uses the Sysinternals tools plist.</span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>My original idea was to output the data in
the same format as the linux client, so no further coding was required in the
hobbit daemon.</span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Regards,</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Peter</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>-----Original Message-----<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>From:</span></b> Etienne Grignon
[mailto:etienne.grignon@gmail.com] <br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> 01 March 2006 12:53<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> hobbit@hswn.dk<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: [hobbit] Feasibility
of Windows Client</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Hi all,<br>
<br>
I wanted to make you the surprise but I think I have to announce it today.<br>
<br>
I'm thinking of an open source big brother hobbit client for months and started
to code it 2 month ago.<br>
<br>
The client is coded in C++ using the platform SDK, the visual C++ toolkit (free
edition of the compiler). I have written the program with the idea: "I
want to make it work without installing nothing more than a default Windows
2000 installation".<br>
<br>
It will work as a native service and it will not be a monolithic program as the
actual quest bbnt. We are in 2006, I think each program should have been
written to take part of the plug in architecture. So, the service is actually
an engine loading native agent (dll). So, the service loads the agents and it
schedules their execution.</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> <br>
Of course, one of my agent is called externals.dll and will be able to execute
all existing scripts that every one are using with the original bbnt. But, for
the future, every one will be able to develop native agents (using a small C++
api that I wrote).</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>So, at first, I'm working
on externals agent and with important agents as cpu, disk and memory
(respectively: cpu.dll, disk.dll, memory.dll). For events, I'm waiting to be
able to implement the same thing that Henrik is making for the unix agent.</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> About the
configuration, it is done thanks to the registry only for paths information,
and the configuration of the service and each agent is done with a nice XML
configuration file.</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> About the installer,
it will be a native MSI written using the wix toolkit to be able to deploy the
package very easily. I'm working on it but for the moment, but my concentration
for the moment is really on the service and the agents.</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> Now, let's talk
about the project name:</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> The software is
called bbwin (project already created on bbwin) I will try to post the source
soon after the preview release. (For the moment, I'm trying to find a nice way
to publish posts from my subversion repository to the cvs sourceforge repository
:) ) </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> <br>
There will be 2 executables:</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> Bbwin.Exe : build
as a native service</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> Bbwincmd.exe : it
is a simple command line client as bb.exe on unix, it is compiled with my
hobbit protocol C++ class implementing 95 % of the protocol. I posted a preview
on sourceforge : <a
href="http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=136450&package_id=149927&release_id=397674">http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=136450&package_id=149927&release_id=397674
</a></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> <br>
About compatibility, it should work well on Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows
2003 and also on Windows NT 4.0 SP 6. For 64 bits, I have no hardware to test
for the moment. </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> <br>
Also, Henrik, you told us that you knew someone working on it. Would it be
possible for you to make me in contact with him ? May be we could work
together. Even, if for the moment, I don't have much of native agents, I think
working together could be cool and try to get the best of the 2 windows
clients. </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> <br>
So please, wait some days, I'm preparing a first preview so, you will be able
to judge on it. I will post a new message on the list on March 15<sup>th</sup>
.</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> <br>
Last thing, if you are going to renew your bbnt licence pack, I think you
should wait some time … : )</span></font></p>
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face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> <br>
</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Etienne (aka sharpyy)</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>From </span></font>Paris</p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><font size=3
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span class=gmailquote><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>2006/3/1, Rich
Smrcina <<a href="mailto:rsmrcina@wi.rr.com">rsmrcina@wi.rr.com</a>>:</span></font></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:
36.0pt'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Yes,
the BB windows client does work just fine. Word is that there is a<br>
Hobbit windows client in development, which we are very eagerly waiting for.<br>
<br>
Ralph Mitchell wrote:<br>
> I would expect the Windows BB client to be able to report to Hobbit - <br>
> after all, the other various BB tests I've tried seem to work just<br>
> fine. I've never used the Windows client, so I don't know if
there'd<br>
> be much advantage in re-inventing it.<br>
><br>
> Ralph Mitchell <br>
><br>
><br>
> On </span></font>3/1/06, Camp, Neil D. (ManTech) CTR <<a
href="mailto:neil.camp@deca.mil">neil.camp@deca.mil</a>> wrote:<br>
>> Question to all,<br>
>><br>
>> What would be the feasibility of building a windows client? <br>
>> Would you have to write it from scratch?<br>
>> Could you potentially use cygwin dlls to assist?<br>
>> Could you use the BB windows client?<br>
>><br>
>> I am curious, and would like to pursue this. I am not a coder
especially <br>
>> for windows, but I would be willing to give it a try. I just need some<br>
>> suggestions and input on what direction to go, and if there would be
any<br>
>> interest in a windows client. Thanks!<br>
>><br>
>> --neil<br>
>><br>
>> ManTech<br>
>> DeCA Operations Systems Administrator<br>
>> (804) 734-8353<br>
>> <a href="mailto:neil.camp@deca.mil">neil.camp@deca.mil</a><br>
>><br>
>><br>
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