Actually I do not think that nessus is the best way to check security in your case. I would probably try to check manually by figuring out what services I am running and checking with appropriate web sites to find out if there are known vulnerabilities. Also you should probably shut down everything you do not need and close every port you do not intend to use remotely.
On Sat, Jan 12, 2002 at 09:31:51PM +0200, Bernie wrote: > > > On Sat, 12 Jan 2002, Hugo van der Kooij wrote: > > > On Sat, 12 Jan 2002, Bernie wrote: > > > > > i got freebsd on my machine with ipfw. there is no lan > > > on it and i only use dial-up to ISP. > > > > > > i'd like to test my sys with nessus and started doing > > > so until i read in the FAQ that if you have firewall > > > between nessusd and the system you want to scan, the > > > results may be inacurate. > > > > I wouldn't trust any test against the local system. If you want to test it > > then bring it online and test from another system. (Perhaps a neighbor or > > friend) > > > > Hugo. > > > > -- > > Thank you for your reply. saved me a lot of time and at least now i know i > might not be secure... > > as you said, a frient'll be the solution... > > Regards, > > --Bernie >
