Re: Snort vulnerability scan detection

["Joel Esler (jesler)" <jesler () cisco com>]

Those are scanners.  They don't actually throw any exploits it any vulnerabilities, they just test for things like 
version numbers.

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> On Apr 14, 2014, at 11:38, "Rameez Qureshi" <rameez_q () hotmail co uk> wrote:
>
> Hello
>
> I haven't tested it as per se, due to having problems with snorts installation and not getting it working 
> I have now given up as it was part of my undergraduate final project and I am just adding in expected results 
>
> I haven't found anything online, but I would have scanned using nexpose on a machine with snort attached and haven't 
> found anything to display or alert what a likely output would be
>
> Thanks
> Rameez 
>
> Sent from my iPhone
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> > On 14 Apr 2014, at 04:17 PM, "Nicholas Mavis (nmavis)" <nmavis () cisco com> wrote:
> >
> > Rameez,
> >
> > You likely should have alerted, it depends on what Nessus/Nexpose was
> > testing and your rule set. We would need more information if you are
> > curious why you did not alert, i.e., a CVE or pcap.
> >
> > Nick
> >
> > > On 4/14/14, 11:04 AM, "Rameez Qureshi" <rameez_q () hotmail co uk> wrote:
> > >
> > > Hello
> > >
> > > Can anyone tell me if snort has the ability to pick up a Nexpose or
> > > Nessus vulnerability scan
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > > Rameez 
> > >
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