Re: NeWT Security Scanner
- From: John Mason Jr <notvalid@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 29 Jun 2005 12:09:42 -0400
DanR wrote:
> PC Magazine had an article about this FREE security scanner. It will scan your
> entire home network and give you some interesting information about security
> holes and other weaknesses. Per the PCMag article it can also scan from outside
> the network but that didn't work for me when I entered my WAN IP. (PC Magazine
> printed version)
> The free version is for "local networks only" (Class C)
> www.tenablesecurity.com/products/newt.shtml
> It is much more powerful than the free Microsoft security utility.
>
>
>
NeWT is a windows version of Nessus the free version will only scan your
class C
If you want to scan outside of your Class C, buy a copy of NeWT or use
Nessus (*nix).
<http://www.nessus.org/>
Microsofts scanner can provide a great deal of useful info but is most
useful when you have admin rights to the machine
<http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/tools/mbsahome.mspx>
John
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