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Remotely manage, and protect laptops and mobile devices.

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Inventory, patch, and manage installed software.

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Fleet uses osquery tables to query operating system, hardware, and software data. Each table provides specific data for analysis and filtering.

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pipes

Named pipes in Windows can be used to provide communication between processes on a computer or between processes on different computers across a network. The pipes osquery table lists the named pipes currently running on a Windows computer.

Column Type Description
flags text The flags indicating whether this pipe connection is a server or client end, and if the pipe for sending messages or bytes
instances integer Number of instances of the named pipe
max_instances integer The maximum number of instances creatable for this pipe
name text Name of the pipe
pid bigint Process ID of the process to which the pipe belongs

Example

This query displays all attributes (columns) for the named pipe enabled by opening PowerShell:

SELECT * FROM pipes WHERE name LIKE '%powershell';

Notes

Running the following command at a prompt in PowerShell lists the named pipes currently open on a Windows computer:

PS C:\Windows\System32> get-childitem \\.\pipe\

Links:

  • Microsoft documentation on named pipes
  • Discover files linked to processes with Windows Process Explorer
  • Windows PowerShell
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