Re: nmap vs. nessus

[Zate <zate75 () gmail com>]

Right now, i tend to use nmap as my "discovery scan' and then grep the
output to make an IP list that I use in my nessus scans.  Probably going to
work on automating more of that in the future.

Zate


On Thu, Feb 24, 2011 at 11:46 AM, Carlos Perez <
carlos_perez () darkoperator com> wrote:

> Nessus uses it's own scanning engine in version 4.x, if what you want is
> just a list of host then nmap is your best choice since nessus will require
> to bring the server up, but if it is to do vulnerability assessment then use
> the nessus built in one since it will populate the nessus kb databases with
> the proper data for the vulnerability assessment is nessus will be used for
> it
> On Feb 24, 2011, at 12:32 PM, Kim Guldberg wrote:
>
> > Hi Terry
> >
> > In reality there is no different since Nessus uses nmap initially
> > I guess you could say that Nessus will give you open ports and
> > vulnerabilities, but you could do almost the same using the Nmap
> > Scripting Engine
> > Also Nmap gives you more options on the port scanning part then Nessus
> > but that can be scripted/configured to some extent also in Nessus
> >
> > Regards
> > kim
> >
> > Den 16-01-2011 05:26, Terry skrev:
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > What are the advantages to generating the list of hosts with a nessus
> > > vs. an nmap scan?  I appreciate the help for a beginner.
> > >
> > > Thanks!
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