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Re: Vulnerability scanners
From: Chris Sharp <illectro2001 () yahoo com>
Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2003 14:05:55 -0800 (PST)
Does Qualys' claim to more vulnerability signatures and faster/easier updates
hold
water?
Well the front page of qualys.com claims that they scan for 2531 vulnerabilities, that's twice what Nessus (1378) or ISS (1218) claim. As for updates, it's all on their servers and hardware, set it up once and forget abotu software updates. Fire and forget. Not sure about the rate of false positives, but my impression is that they're cautious, only reporting False positives for dangerous bugs. They don't do active tests, so they don't exploit known bugs and crash servers during testing. A lot of Nessus modules need to be launched manually and result in the scanned machine needing a reboot - somewhat inconvenient but it removes any doubt as to how vulnerable you are. __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Platinum - Watch CBS' NCAA March Madness, live on your desktop! http://platinum.yahoo.com top spam and e-mail risk at the gateway. SurfControl E-mail Filter puts the brakes on spam & viruses and gives you the reports to prove it. See exactly how much junk never even makes it in the door. Free 30-day trial: http://www.surfcontrol.com/go/zsfptl1
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