RE: MBSA scanner

["Gibson, Eric" <egibson () websense com>]

We just finished a long comparative evaluation of Eeye, Foundstone,
Tenable, Nessus and ISS. After much consideration we concluded that
Foundstone fit our needs best, while still using Nessus for bulk scans.
We used to use ISS but switched because the product has not kept up with
others. Nessus is still a great scanner, and you cannot beat the price. 

I am surprised that FoundStone has not come up in the recommendations so
far. 

Eric Gibson

-----Original Message-----
From: Peter Wood [mailto:peterw () firstbase co uk] 
Sent: Tuesday, April 20, 2004 7:00 AM
To: pen-test () securityfocus com
Subject: [BULK] - RE: MBSA scanner

We have also moved our allegience to eEye Retina from ISS. It works very

well and is the best commercial scanner we've used. We also use Core
Impact 
for real exploits, which is a great tool IMHO.

Pete

At 15:58 19/04/2004 -0500, Steve Goldsby \(ICS\) wrote:
> We've moved all our business from ISS Scanner to Retina.
>
> Nessus is still the favorite for cost effictive, high coverage
scanning,
> but for a commercial product that seems to gain favor with enterprise
> clients, eEye is the way to go.
>
>
> Steve Goldsby
> www.networkarmor.com
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nick Duda [mailto:nduda () VistaPrint com]
> Sent: Monday, April 19, 2004 1:30 PM
> To: e247net; pen-test () securityfocus com
> Subject: RE: MBSA scanner
>
> eEye Retina is great. Quick on the updates also.
>
> - Nick
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: e247net [mailto:e247net () hotmail com]
> Sent: Saturday, April 17, 2004 4:34 AM
> To: pen-test () securityfocus com
> Subject: MBSA scanner
>
> Hi all
>
> Microsoft baseline scanner cannot work since all the default shares
are
> disable.
> Isn't this be the case for a secure LAN ? Anyway, plse suggest any
> alternatives open source tools for conducting vulnerability test in a
> LAN typical windows machines.
> Thanks
>
> I have on hand now using nessus, but would like to have another tool.
>
> Best Regards,
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Peter Wood FBCS CITP MIMIS MIEEE
Chief of Operations
First Base Technologies
+44 (0)1273 454525
www.fbtechies.co.uk
www.white-hats.co.uk


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