Open Windows Event Collector (Owinec)

Open Windows Event Collector, in short Owinec, is a server application, where Windows hosts can forward their events to. Owinec is based on source initiated log forwarding from either domain-joined or non-domain-joined Windows hosts.

Windows Configuration

Verify that NT Authority\Network Service is a member of the Event Log Readers group on the source computer.

Computer Configuration/Administative Templates/Windows Components/Event Forwarding/Configure Target Subscription Manager

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\EventLog\EventForwarding\SubscriptionManager

References

1. [WS-MAN] Web Services Management, DMTF
2. [MS-WSMV] Web Services Management Protocol Extensions for Windows Vista, Microsoft
3. [MS-NLMP] NT LAN Manager (NTML) Authentication Protocol, Microsoft