Index

A

• Advanced Encryption Standard (AES)
  • about / RijndaelManaged encryption
• Answer File Decryptor (AFD)
  • about / Script 1 - randomized password and string generator
• answer files
  • about / Answer files
  • script logging location / Answer files
  • data sources / Answer files
  • data output information / Answer files
  • encrypted data / Answer files
  • inclusion / exclusion lists / Answer files
  • Enable/Disable script features / Answer files

C

• Comma-Separated Values (CSV) file
  • about / Script logging
• comma separated value (CSV) files
  • about / XML answer files
• comment blocks
  • about / Comment blocks
  • requisites / Comment blocks

D

• decryption
  • with encoded password / Decryption with encoded password
• disk information script / Disk information script
• disk statistics
  • about / Disk statistics
  • physical disk information, retrieving / Retrieving physical and logical disk information
  • logical disk information, retrieving / Retrieving physical and logical disk information
  • DriveType property / The DriveType property
  • disk space, converting to MB and GB / Converting disk space to MB and GB
  • FreeSpace property / Free Space property
• Distributed Management Task Force (DMTF) / User profiles
• Document Object Model (DOM) / XML answer files

E

• EncryptionKey
  • about / RijndaelManaged encryption
• executables
  • scanning, in program files / Scanning executables in \Program Files
• export process, scheduled tasks
  • reference / Scheduled tasks
• expressions
  • building, dynamically / Dynamically building expressions
• eXtensible Markup Language (XML)
  • about / XML answer files

F

• files
  • excluding / Excluding files
• file scanning / File scanning

H

• Hypertext Markup Language (HTML)
  • about / XML answer files

I

• initialization vector
  • creating / Creating random salt, initialization vector, and passwords
• InitializationVector (IV)
  • about / RijndaelManaged encryption
• installed software detection / Installed software detection

L

• logged on users
  • identifying / Identifying logged on users
• logging files
  • creating / Creating the logging files
• logging function
  • creating / Creating the logging function
• long paths
  • excluding / Excluding long paths

M

• Microsoft Installer (MSI) / Installed software detection
• multiple Windows server scanning script functions
  • about / Multiple Windows server scanning script functions
  • scheduled tasks function / Scheduled tasks function
  • Windows processes function / Windows processes function
  • Windows services function / Windows services function
  • installed software function / Installed software function
  • user profiles function / User profiles function
  • Windows features function / Windows features function
  • functions, invoking / Invoking the functions

P

• password
  • about / RijndaelManaged encryption
  • securing / Securing the password
• passwords
  • creating / Creating random salt, initialization vector, and passwords
• performance considerations, scripts
  • about / Performance considerations
  • measuring commands / Performance considerations
  • cmdlet considerations / Performance considerations
  • regular expressions, over arrays / Performance considerations
  • switch statements / Performance considerations
• PowerShell scripting templates
  • about / PowerShell scripting templates
  • decryption technologies / PowerShell scripting templates
  • encryption technologies / PowerShell scripting templates
  • logging mechanisms / PowerShell scripting templates
  • answer file logic / PowerShell scripting templates
  • standardized comment blocks / PowerShell scripting templates
• pre-script security
  • about / Pre-script security
  • randomized password / Script 1 - randomized password and string generator
  • string generator / Script 1 - randomized password and string generator
  • string encryption script / Script 2 - string encryption script
• program files
  • executables, scanning in / Scanning executables in \Program Files

R

• random salt
  • creating / Creating random salt, initialization vector, and passwords
• regular expressions
  • using / Using regular expressions
  • performance, implementation / Implementating regular expression performance
• RijndaelManaged encryption
  • about / RijndaelManaged encryption
• RijndaelManaged encryption process / Encrypting and decrypting strings
• Runtime Decryptor (RTD)
  • about / Script 1 - randomized password and string generator
• Run Time Decryptor (RTD) / Comment block

S

• salt
  • about / RijndaelManaged encryption
• scanning script result data
  • merging / PowerShell script 4 - merging the scanning script result data
• scheduled task action
  • creating / Scheduled tasks
• scheduled task object
  • creating / Scheduled tasks
• scheduled tasks
  • about / Scheduled tasks
  • retrieving / Scheduled tasks
  • registering / Scheduled tasks
  • removing / Scheduled tasks
  • unregistering / Scheduled tasks
  • modifying / Scheduled tasks
  • updating / Scheduled tasks
  • identifying / Identifying scheduled tasks running as alternate users
• scheduled task settings
  • reference / Scheduled tasks
• scheduled task setting set
  • creating / Scheduled tasks
• scheduled task triggers
  • creating / Scheduled tasks
  • reference / Scheduled tasks
• script
  • structure / Overall script structure
  • running / Running the script
• script clean-up
  • performing / Performing script cleanup
• script execution speed / Script execution speed
• script logging
  • about / Script logging
  • logging files, creating / Creating the logging files
  • windows event log source, creating / Creating a windows event log source
  • logging function, creating / Creating the logging function
• Script Side Decryptor (SSD)
  • about / Script 1 - randomized password and string generator
• speed, considerations
  • write-host cmdlet / Speed considerations for the write-host cmdlet
  • write-progress cmdlet / Speed considerations for the write-progress cmdlet
  • switches, versus if statements / Speed consideration - switches versus if statements
• strings
  • encrypting / Encrypting and decrypting strings
  • decrypting / Decrypting strings
• System.Security.Cryptography.RijndaelManaged class
  • reference / Encrypting and decrypting strings

T

• termination files script / PowerShell script 3 - the termination files
• termination function
  • creating / Creating a termination function

U

• United States National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
  • about / RijndaelManaged encryption
• user profiles / User profiles

W

• windows event log source
  • creating / Creating a windows event log source
• Windows features / Windows features
• Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) / Retrieving physical and logical disk information, Windows features
• Windows processes
  • managing / Managing Windows processes
• Windows server scanning script
  • about / Windows server scanning script
  • disk configuration / Windows server scanning script
  • scheduled task scanning / Windows server scanning script
  • Windows processes / Windows server scanning script
  • Windows services / Windows server scanning script
  • installed software / Windows server scanning script
  • user profiles / Windows server scanning script
  • Windows features / Windows server scanning script
  • scanning files / Windows server scanning script
  • overview / Windows server scanning script overview
  • workflow steps / Windows server scanning script overview
• Windows server scanning script creation
  • about / Windows server scanning script creation
  • comment block / Comment block
  • parameter block / Parameter block
  • answer file reading function / Answer file reading function
  • decryption function / Decryption function
  • script answers, populating in variables / Populating script answers in variables and arrays
  • script answers, populating in arrays / Populating script answers in variables and arrays
  • log files, creating / Creating the log files and logging function
  • logging function, creating / Creating the log files and logging function
  • files function, scanning / Scan files and folders function
  • folders function, scanning / Scan files and folders function
• Windows services
  • about / Windows services
  • example / Windows services
• WiredEquivalentPrivacy (WEP)
  • about / RijndaelManaged encryption
• World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)
  • about / XML answer files
• write-host cmdlet / Speed considerations for the write-host cmdlet
• write-progress cmdlet / Speed considerations for the write-progress cmdlet

X

• XML answer file creation
  • about / XML answer file creation
  • core components, for scanning / XML answer file creation
• XML answer files
  • about / XML answer files
  • components / XML answer files
  • reading / Reading XML answer files
• XML attributes / XML answer files
• XML comments / XML answer files
• XML declaration / XML answer files
• XML elements / XML answer files
• XML tag function / XML tag function
• XML tags / XML answer files