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Remote administration protocols ASF<br />

Alert Standard Format (ASF) 1.0 1/3<br />

ASF<br />

◮ transmits alerts/events using the <strong>network</strong>:<br />

◮ hard disks failures, BIOS errors, ...<br />

◮ heartbeats (”machine is up”);<br />

◮ must operate if everything else fails (<strong>de</strong>ad hard disks, OS).<br />

The <strong>network</strong> <strong>card</strong> receives events from others <strong>de</strong>vices using the<br />

SMBus (System Management Bus).<br />

RMCP<br />

◮ ASF uses a protocol called Remote Management and Control<br />

Protocol;<br />

◮ RMCP can query system state;<br />

◮ RMCP allows to remotely start, stop or reboot computers.<br />

SGDSN/ANSSI – http://www.ssi.gouv.fr/<strong>trust</strong><strong>network</strong><strong>card</strong> 11/51

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