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Add NirSoft_FullEventLogView_TerminalServices-RDPClient module - #1123
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Description
Adds a new KAPE module,
NirSoft_FullEventLogView_TerminalServices-RDPClient,which parses the
Microsoft-Windows-TerminalServices-RDPClient/Operationalevent log using Nirsoft's
FullEventLogView.exe. This follows the exactsame structure as the existing
NirSoft_FullEventLogView_System,_Security,_Application, etc. modules (author: Barrie Hill) sameCategory (
EventLogs), sameFileMask/LogFolderWildcardpattern, sameoffline-capable design.
This log records outbound RDP connection attempts made by this machine
as a client Event ID 1024 ("client is attempting to connect"), 1102
("client disconnected"), and related IDs — regardless of whether the
connection ever succeeded. That makes it standard DFIR evidence for
establishing what remote hosts a machine attempted to RDP into.
Testing
mstsctargeting192.0.2.1(a reserved, non-routable documentation address — theattempt itself is what's logged, not success).
.evtxfile into a clean KAPE source folder(
Windows\System32\winevt\Logs\)..\kape.exe --msource <staged> --mdest <output> --module NirSoft_FullEventLogView_TerminalServices-RDPClient --debugtrying to connect to the server (192.0.2.1)", followed by the
expected disconnect/timeout sequence (Event IDs 1105, 226, 1026).
5/23/2025), confirming this isn't just picking up the synthetic
test event.
%character in the target filename(
...RDPClient%4Operational.evtx) does not collide with KAPE's own%variable%template substitution — theLog Filecolumn in theoutput shows the correct, fully-resolved staged path.
Checklist:
Please replace every instance of
[ ]with[X]OR click on the checkboxes after you submit your PRGUIDfor my Target(s)/Module(s)Miscfolder or created a relevant subfolder with justification--tlist/--mlistand corrected any errorsN/Aunderneath the Documentation header