[plug] free internet scanners

[Bill Kenworthy]

Doesnt nessus still need a remote machine?  It must have improved a lot
as I looked at when it first came to my notice a couple of years ago and
it seemed like an overgrown monster requiring a huge investment in time
to setup and run, so I never bothered to go further.  And at the moment,
I'm not interested in a holistic whole machine security audit - just
what ports are visible to the internet, which is why I asked about any
public web services.

BillK

On Sun, 2002-06-09 at 20:31, Leon Brooks wrote:
> On Sun, 9 Jun 2002 14:58, Bill Kenworthy wrote:
> > I will nmap it properly from work on Monday, but I need some quick
> > external scans to give me confidence that the config I have chosen is
> > actually working!
> 
> Nessus.
> 
> But be prepared for it to kill some services or even the machine if it is that 
> vulnerable. In short, don't run it against a production machine at peak hour. 
> (-:
> 
> Cheers; Leon
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Bill Kenworthy <billk at iinet.net.au>