The CPE component

BMC Server Automation supports the Common Platform Enumeration (CPE).

CPE is an SCAP nomenclature and dictionary of hardware, operating systems, and applications. The SCAP source data stream that BMC Server Automation uses for SCAP compliance scans must include CPE content. In the SCAP result data stream produced by BMC Server Automation, when a rule applies to a specific hardware, operating system, or application, those objects are identified using CPE nomenclature.

To view those results, from the GUI console, users export the XCCDF results to an XML file. The export includes a .xslt file that enables a fully formatted view of the results in a web browser. In the browser-displayed report, users can click a rule to display details about that rule, including CPE nomenclature attached to the rule. The report shows the entire cpe string; for example: cpe:/a:microsoft:msn_messenger_service:6.2.

In the XML results file, to identify BMC Server Automation as the benchmarking tool, the <TestResult> element sets the test-system attribute to cpe:/bmc:bsa:server:automation.

 

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