RE: MBSA 1.2

["Mike" <mike () superiorholidayadventures ca>]

Both Nessus and HFNetChk have very good reporting (for free tools).

Mike Fetherston

> Which tool has a robust set of reporting features in relation to
multiple
> Windows hosts and their patches?
>
> On Thu, Feb 12, 2004 at 10:54:54AM -0500, Mike wrote:
> > I don't believe that Nessus scans for the presence of Windows
patches.
> > It's more of a general tool that looks for vulnerabilities in
services
> > offered.  It also looks at general configuration problems that can
be
> > detected over a network link.  I don't believe that it can inspect
the
> > registry or look at the filesystem.  Take a look at HFNetChk or
MSBSA
> > for those purposes.
> >
> > I find Nessus to be a very good complement to these tools when
> > performing security scans as it will uncover issues that HFNetChk or
> > MSBSA don't even look for and vice versa, HFN and BSA look at items
that
> > Nessus can't/won't.

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