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Re: Nessus, Harmful?
From: Adel Abushaev <adel.abushaev () gmail com>
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 2010 11:31:54 -0800
It depends on the set of tests you choose, either safe or evasive. Even safe tests could trigger bad stuff. I have a history of crashing core routers by sending wrong IKE packets to them from Nessus. If it's a live operational equipment, you need to schedule a possible downtime and have all necessary support people on duty. Adel. On Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 9:17 PM, Zaki Akhmad <zakiakhmad () gmail com> wrote:
Hello, I want to do a nessus scanning, but before I'd like to know is it nessus scanning harmful? Because I don't want to make the server down. Thanks! -- Zaki Akhmad ------------------------------------------------------------------------ This list is sponsored by: Information Assurance Certification Review Board Prove to peers and potential employers without a doubt that you can actually do a proper penetration test. IACRB CPT and CEPT certs require a full practical examination in order to become certified. http://www.iacertification.org ------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Current thread:
- Nessus, Harmful? Zaki Akhmad (Jan 11)
- RE: Nessus, Harmful? Swaminathan, Balaji (Jan 11)
- Re: Nessus, Harmful? Mohamed Aymen SAHLI (Jan 11)
- Re: Nessus, Harmful? Adel Abushaev (Jan 11)
- Re: Nessus, Harmful? Joseph J. Snyder III (Jan 11)
- Re: Nessus, Harmful? John Jasen (Jan 28)
- RE: Nessus, Harmful? Genaro Liriano (Jan 28)
- Re: Nessus, Harmful? Jeremy Brown (Jan 28)
- Re: Nessus, Harmful? Adriel T. Desautels (Jan 28)
- RE: Nessus, Harmful? Genaro Liriano (Jan 28)
- Re: Nessus, Harmful? Shohn Trojacek (Jan 28)
- Re: Nessus, Harmful? Himanshu Goyal (Jan 28)
- Re: Nessus, Harmful? bugs (Jan 29)
- Re: Nessus, Harmful? rajat swarup (Jan 29)
- Re: Nessus, Harmful? Himanshu Goyal (Jan 28)
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- Re: Nessus, Harmful? lukasz (Jan 11)
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