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Review of 12 Vulnerability Scanners

Posted by kdawson on from the poking-for-holes dept.

produke points us to a review of security vulnerability scanners. It's light on detail and not terribly well organized, but might provide a starting point for more research. From the article: "A few months back I did some intense testing of all the best vulnerability scanners out there... I had a couple nix boxes hooked up, as well as some dozers, and figured I could add clients to a 'once-a-week' scanning contract. So naturally, I wanted to use the scanner that was the best for my purpose... Better to use firewalk, hping3 (now with scripting!), nmap, etc., and leave these crutch-like tools alone."

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  1. Re:Only 11 by Timesprout · · Score: 5, Funny

    12 is actually a cloaked scanner for CIA/NSA uber secret scanning. Its there you just cant see it. Trust me.

    Also in the interests of national security forget you read this post.

    --
    Do not try to read the dupe, thats impossible. Instead, only try to realize the truth
    What truth?
    There is no dupe
  2. Re:Wow by Tihstae · · Score: 3, Funny

    I think a third grader could write a better review then that steaming pile of shit. I think a third grader knows the proper usage of the words then and than.
  3. Re:Core Security by ResidntGeek · · Score: 2, Funny
    That was a very insightful comment; thanks for chiming in!
    ...
    oh wise Anonymous one?
    Wow. Your sig is perfectly correct.
    --
    ResidntGeek
  4. Re:Only 11 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    The twelfth scanner is you, the audience; without you we're nothing.