Client Fingerprinting

Device Fingerprinting

Pangolin clients collect device fingerprinting information and can perform security posture checks to help determine trusted devices. This information is used to enforce security policies, audit device configurations, and monitor compliance with organizational requirements. Snapshots of device information are collected periodically on each platform when clients are connected.

Collected Fingerprint Information

The following device attributes are collected on each device when available:

Username
Hostname
OS version
Kernel version
Architecture
Device model
Serial number

Available Posture Checks

Posture checks are only collected on Pangolin Cloud and self-hosted Enterprise Edition.

Posture checks are also collected on each platform; this is device state that could potentially change, such as biometric availability, firewall settings, and other related information if it is available. Posture checks are supported on a per-platform basis.

Windows

Posture Check	What It Reports
Hard drive encryption	Whether the system disk and other disks are encrypted (BitLocker)
Firewall	If the firewall (Windows or third party) is enabled
Antivirus	If antivirus (Windows or third party) is installed and active
TPM availability	If a Trusted Platform Module is available

macOS

Posture Check	What It Reports
Hard drive encryption	Whether the system disk is encrypted
Biometric configuration	If Touch ID or Face ID is configured
Firewall	If the macOS firewall is enabled
System Integrity Protection (SIP)	Whether SIP is active
Gatekeeper	Whether Gatekeeper is active
Firewall stealth mode	Whether firewall stealth mode is enabled
Auto updates	If automatic updates are enabled

Linux

Posture Check	What It Reports
Hard drive encryption	If LUKS devices are detected on the system
Firewall	Whether UFW, firewalld, or iptables are enabled
AppArmor	If AppArmor is active
SELinux	If SELinux is active
TPM availability	If a Trusted Platform Module device is available

iOS

No posture checks are currently supported on iOS.

Android

Posture Check	What It Reports
Hard drive encryption	If File-Based Encryption is enabled

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Device Fingerprinting

Collected Fingerprint Information

Available Posture Checks

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​Device Fingerprinting

​Collected Fingerprint Information

​Available Posture Checks

​Windows

​macOS

​Linux

​iOS

​Android

Device Fingerprinting

Collected Fingerprint Information

Available Posture Checks

Windows

macOS

Linux

iOS

Android