Re: Vulnerability scanners

On Thu, 27 Mar 2003, Chris Sharp wrote:

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> > Does Qualys' claim to more

Not totally, one of the recent Information Security issues tested nessus, iss, and a few other scanners. Not one came out with shining colors, though iss and nessus ranked first and second. but, it was what they could not do well and such that was the real meat of the article. The scan is only the beginning, a point of reference from which the real work begins in trying to ascertain how vulnerable one might be.

Thanks,

Ron DuFresne

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