Appliance Control Center

Purpose

Appliance Control Center lets you:

Password request

When Appliance Control Center opens, a password must be entered, the same as the notebook on which it's running.

What the function looks like

This is what the page looks like:

Area Description
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Single application access tabs. Descriptions are provided below:

Function Description
Network Injector

It manages target device sniffing and infection, synchronizes RCS rules and updates Appliance devices.

System Management Set the Anonymizer for communications with RCS, enable manual synchronization with RCS and set remote application access.
Log System Viewing logs.
2 Area with keys specific to the tab.

 

To learn more

To learn more about Appliance Control Center see "What you should know about Appliance Control Center".

For a description of Appliance Control Center data see "Appliance Control Center data".

 

Enabling synchronization with RCS server to receive new rules

Following is the procedure on how to enable synchronization with RCS server to receive updated rules:

NOTE: if an injection is in progress, Network Injector is already synchronized with RCS server and thus the rules are automatically loaded. Go to step 4. See " Checking Network Injector status".

Steps Result

In the System Management tab, click Configure: synchronization is enabled.

During synchronization, Network Injector queries RCS every 30 seconds. Sent injection rules will be received at the end of the first interval.

IMPORTANT: updates are only received if sent from RCS Console. See "Network Injector management".

IMPORTANT: enable synchronization as usual to guarantee constant control room updates.

To stop synchronization, click Stop.

To view the rules received from RCS Console, in Network Injector click Rules: all Network Injector rules appear.

IMPORTANT: make sure rule synchronization is successful after requesting updated from RCS Console.

Running a network test

The network test procedure for sniffing and/or injection is provided below:

Steps Result

In the Network Injector tab, select the network interface.

Click Link test: a window appears where test results are displayed.

If the test fails, review the required network settings and repeat the test.

IMPORTANT: attack will not be successful if the test fails.

Infecting targets using automatic identification

To start automatic identification and infection:

Steps Result

In the Network Injector tab, click Rules: all rules available for Network Injector appear.

Only enable the rules to be used for the infection, flagging the corresponding Enable field.

To confirm, click Apply.

Select the network interface for injection in the Injecting Interface list box.

In the Sniffing interface list box, select a different network interface to be used for sniffing or the same interface used for injection.

Tip: use two different interfaces to guarantee better device identification.

NOTE: Endace interfaces (DAG), meaning sniffing interfaces, appear in Sniffing Interface.

Click on Automatic Startup to automatically restart the infection without any human intervention even after Appliance Network Injector reboot or shutdown.

Click Start.

IMPORTANT: Appliance Control Center lets you set up, start an infection and close Appliance Control Center leaving the infection running. The next time it is opened with the infection running, the Stop button will appear instead of the Start button. This lets you set a new injection and run it .

NOTE: rules can be enabled/disabled when the infection is in progress by clicking Rules.

To stop infection, click Stop. Or close the window to leave the infection running.

Tip: close the window to allow the system to automatically run any Appliance Control Center updates.

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Setting remote application access

To remotely access Appliance Control Center:

Steps Result

Connect the modem to the device.

In the System Management tab click Refresh: the system recognizes the model and displays it in Modem Interface.

If several modems are installed, select the required modem from the Modem Interface list box.

To enable e-mail delivery with the device IP address at each connection, follow the steps below:

  1. In Notification e-mail enter the address where the e-mail is to be sent.
  2. Click Mail test to send a test e-mail
  3. If the e-mail is not received, click Advanced to manually set the mail server: the Email advanced configuration window appears.
  4. Enter the required data and click Save.
  5. Click Mail test to send a test email with the set server.

To enable automatic connection with the selected modem, click Enable.

Select the network protocol to be used for remote access.

NOTE: you can directly open some helpful operating system windows using the buttons at the bottom of the screen. See "What you should know about remote access to Control Center".