Free Download: Visio Connector for MBSA

[Sanjay Puri [MSFT]]

Visualize the security status of your network with the Visio Connector for
MBSA.

This free utility allows you to view the results of an MBSA (Microsoft
Baseline Security Analyzer) scan in a clear, comprehensive Visio 2003
network diagram. You must have both Visio 2003 and MBSA 1.2.1 for this
connector to function.

Learn more or download this free utility at
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/tools/mbsavisio.mspx

Sanjay Puri



This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.

[Galen]

Post by Sanjay Puri [MSFT]
Visualize the security status of your network with the Visio
Connector for MBSA.
This free utility allows you to view the results of an MBSA (Microsoft
Baseline Security Analyzer) scan in a clear, comprehensive Visio 2003
network diagram. You must have both Visio 2003 and MBSA 1.2.1 for this
connector to function.
Learn more or download this free utility at
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/tools/mbsavisio.mspx
Sanjay Puri
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.

Normally I'd have expected people to rant and claim this was SPAM or UCE. I
took a minute to click the link. I'm not sure if I'm going to say thank you
yet... <grins> It's likely that you've added (it's downloading now) a whole
new toy to play with and take some of my time away from me. I guess that's a
thank you but I'm holding out to see how many hours I play with it first.
Hopefully not too long... You never know, I might have something important
to do.

Galen

[Roger Abell]

Why would you think Sanjay's announcing to the public the
general availability of this useful security related tool from
the Visio group to be a fruitless spam posting?

It is from MS personnel properly x-posted to relevant groups.
And - it can be a very useful addition if you use MBSA in an
enterprise environment too.
--
Roger Abell
Microsoft MVP (Windows Security)
MCSE (W2k3,W2k,Nt4) MCDBA

Post by Galen

Post by Sanjay Puri [MSFT]
Visualize the security status of your network with the Visio
Connector for MBSA.
This free utility allows you to view the results of an MBSA (Microsoft
Baseline Security Analyzer) scan in a clear, comprehensive Visio 2003
network diagram. You must have both Visio 2003 and MBSA 1.2.1 for this
connector to function.
Learn more or download this free utility at
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/tools/mbsavisio.mspx
Sanjay Puri
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.

Normally I'd have expected people to rant and claim this was SPAM or UCE. I
took a minute to click the link. I'm not sure if I'm going to say thank you
yet... <grins> It's likely that you've added (it's downloading now) a whole
new toy to play with and take some of my time away from me. I guess that's a
thank you but I'm holding out to see how many hours I play with it first.
Hopefully not too long... You never know, I might have something important
to do.
Galen
--
"My mind rebels at stagnation. Give me problems, give me work, give me
the most abstruse cryptogram or the most intricate analysis, and I am
in my own proper atmosphere. I can dispense then with artificial
stimulants. But I abhor the dull routine of existence. I crave for
mental exaltation." -- Sherlock Holmes

[Stefan Kanthak]

"Roger Abell" <***@asu.edu> wrote:
~~~~~~
Is this YOUR address?

Post by Roger Abell
Why would you think Sanjay's announcing to the public the
general availability of this useful security related tool from
the Visio group to be a fruitless spam posting?

Although it was not me you asked: I don't consider it spam, but just
in error :-) The precondition .NET framework is missing.

Post by Roger Abell
It is from MS personnel properly x-posted to relevant groups.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
ARGH! No, it was NOT properly (x-)posted.
An x-post without a FollowUp-To: in only one group is wrong!
Fup2 microsoft.public.security.baseline_analyzer set now.

Post by Roger Abell
And - it can be a very useful addition if you use MBSA in an
enterprise environment too.

Yes, if you don't mind to install this bloated .NET framework.

Stefan

PS: top-posting is nasty!
PPS: you quoting sucks!
Just see how your client wrapped the lines without proper quotes.
And an attribution line does not stretch over two or more lines...

Post by Roger Abell

Post by Galen

Post by Sanjay Puri [MSFT]
Visualize the security status of your network with the Visio
Connector for MBSA.
This free utility allows you to view the results of an MBSA (Microsoft
Baseline Security Analyzer) scan in a clear, comprehensive Visio 2003
network diagram. You must have both Visio 2003 and MBSA 1.2.1 for this
connector to function.
Learn more or download this free utility at
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/tools/mbsavisio.mspx
Sanjay Puri
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.

Normally I'd have expected people to rant and claim this was SPAM or UCE.

I

Post by Galen
took a minute to click the link. I'm not sure if I'm going to say thank

you

Post by Galen
yet... <grins> It's likely that you've added (it's downloading now) a

whole

Post by Galen
new toy to play with and take some of my time away from me. I guess that's

a

Post by Galen
thank you but I'm holding out to see how many hours I play with it first.
Hopefully not too long... You never know, I might have something important
to do.
Galen
--
"My mind rebels at stagnation. Give me problems, give me work, give me
the most abstruse cryptogram or the most intricate analysis, and I am
in my own proper atmosphere. I can dispense then with artificial
stimulants. But I abhor the dull routine of existence. I crave for
mental exaltation." -- Sherlock Holmes

[Galen]

Post by Roger Abell
Why would you think Sanjay's announcing to the public the
general availability of this useful security related tool from
the Visio group to be a fruitless spam posting?

Why? Because for some odd reason the [MSFT] didn't show (in fact there was
no name attached) so I'd clicked when I'd noticed it was a link to an
Microsoft site. I think that my OE files are going corrupt on me and it's
nearing time to reset them? I'm getting quite a few of them today without a
name attached, something I'd never seen before. Kind of odd really. I'm glad
that I'd read before ranting. <g>

It does make me wonder what the limit would be for OE stored NG messages.
There must be hundreds of thousands on this computer. Today I'm getting
loads of them without names, even after cleaning and compressing. I think
it's time for a reset. Ah well...

Galen

[Roger Abell]

I am not sure on a limit, other than disk space, on stored OE NG
messages, but if it exists it has to be one heck of a lot. I have
about 140 meg in them on this system now.
Must be something else in OE, ey?
--
Roger Abell
Microsoft MVP (Windows Security)
MCSE (W2k3,W2k,Nt4) MCDBA

Post by Galen

Post by Roger Abell
Why would you think Sanjay's announcing to the public the
general availability of this useful security related tool from
the Visio group to be a fruitless spam posting?

Why? Because for some odd reason the [MSFT] didn't show (in fact there was
no name attached) so I'd clicked when I'd noticed it was a link to an
Microsoft site. I think that my OE files are going corrupt on me and it's
nearing time to reset them? I'm getting quite a few of them today without a
name attached, something I'd never seen before. Kind of odd really. I'm glad
that I'd read before ranting. <g>
It does make me wonder what the limit would be for OE stored NG messages.
There must be hundreds of thousands on this computer. Today I'm getting
loads of them without names, even after cleaning and compressing. I think
it's time for a reset. Ah well...
Galen
--
"My mind rebels at stagnation. Give me problems, give me work, give me
the most abstruse cryptogram or the most intricate analysis, and I am
in my own proper atmosphere. I can dispense then with artificial
stimulants. But I abhor the dull routine of existence. I crave for
mental exaltation." -- Sherlock Holmes

[Galen]

Post by Roger Abell
I am not sure on a limit, other than disk space, on stored OE NG
messages, but if it exists it has to be one heck of a lot. I have
about 140 meg in them on this system now.
Must be something else in OE, ey?

Sorry to take so long to get back to you but I needed to take some time to
actually go outside and enjoy life and ended up not coming home for a day.
(It was well worth the trip.) I had, at that time, about 200+ GB of stored
(after compression) info... I reset the folders before leaving, I'm on
dialup so that was the wise course of action in my opinion, and things
APPEAR to be back to normal again and my performance has gone back to what
this PC should be at. (This isn't one of the 64 bits, it's an AMD 3200 w/2
GB RAM so shouldn't have been as slow as it as with OE anyhow.) Sure enough
there's an [MSFT] attached to the name. :)

Galen