Yeah there is a price to be paid for performance and support. Try doing a scan of 50 machines in Nessus and do the same scan in Retina. Retina from my experience will do 50 machines in less than an hour. Nessus might be about a day. Plus the reviews have showed that Nessus doesnt see all the vulnerabilities that Retina sees.
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, April 09, 2002 12:33 PM To: Ali Mesdaq Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Hardening Ports? [7:40852] Hi Ali, Nessus is free, Retina is 945.00 USD Thanks Kevin McCarty CCNA CCNP Computer Sciences Corporation Defense Sector Ali Mesdaq Subject: RE: Hardening Ports? [7:40852] Sent by: nobody 04/09/2002 12:55 PM Please respond to Ali Mesdaq You also might want to try Retina from eEye. It's the best scanner on the market. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, April 09, 2002 10:26 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Hardening Ports? [7:40852] Hello all, The absolute best info (IMHO) is www.sans.org they are up to the minute, and OS savvy beyond belief. SANS has the uncanny ability to have gray hackers who 'contribute' to their security efforts. Forget google, go to the source. After you harden your system don't forget to scan it heavily to see what is still open. If you have a linux/solaris box available go to www.nessus.org and use their scanner. (Good stuff, but you can kill a server with it if you scan too heavily.) It is my firm belief that you cannot do network security effectively without knowledge of OS platforms and what processes/daemons they have running. Have a good day. Kevin McCarty CCNA CCNP Computer Sciences Corporation Defense Sector Charlie cc: Sent by: Subject: Re: Hardening Ports? [7:40852] nobody 04/09/2002 10:04 AM Please respond to Charlie Thanks, Kent. Chee Kin and Sam actually answered my question already. Nonetheless, thanks for your advice. Google is where I will also check in the future (although this newsgroup is proving to be very helpful). Charlie ""Kent Hundley"" wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > Charlie, > > As others noted, it depends on your OS. I would recommend doing a search on > google for "your OS"+hardening. You'll probably find what your looking for. > Also consult your vendors web site and http://www.sans.org for more info. > > HTH, > Kent > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of > Charlie > Sent: Monday, April 08, 2002 12:51 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Hardening Ports? [7:40852] > > > Hello, all :-) > > I was hoping one (or many) of you could help me with a question I have: how > do I lock-down ports on a server? I know how to lock them down on firewalls > and routers, but how to do it on a server is my question. I know it's a > general question but any assistance would be most appreciated. > > Truly, > Charlie Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=40965&t=40852 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
