There's two good off-the-shelf tools for comparing nmap scans.

If it's just a point-in-time difference (comparing one scan against
another), you should look at ndiff  http://nmap.org/ndiff/

if you're going to be scanning the same networks over and over, I
can't recommend PBNJ enough.  http://pbnj.sourceforge.net/   The
canned reports that outputpbnj has are great!


Best of luck!
- Mick


On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 9:26 AM, Bacon Zombie <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hey,
>
> Are you guys doing scans via NMap, Nessus or some other tool?
> If NMap what other tool/scripts are you using to diff and datamind the data
> collected?
>
> I'm looking to rolling out a similar daily task on my work network.
>
> BaconZombie
>
> On 30 March 2010 13:21, Albert R. Campa <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> Id agree with the cred scanning during the day. I started tentatively,
>> but since doing it a few times, I have noticed no issues whatsoever on
>> desktop scans.
>>
>>
>> __________________________________
>> Albert R. Campa
>>
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Mar 29, 2010 at 7:56 PM, Paul Asadoorian <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>> > If you're scanning workstations I highly recommend credentialed
>> > scanning.  There is little impact on the end-user workstations, and you
>> > get better results (less false positives, more information about the
>> > installed software, devices, etc..).
>> >
>> > We started doing this on some of our consulting engagements and are very
>> > happy with the results.  It really gives you a good picture of the
>> > network, systems, and a snapshot of the security practices that exist
>> > (or not).
>> >
>> > Cheers,
>> > Paul
>> >
>> > On 3/29/10 8:26 PM, Michael Douglas wrote:
>> >> we scan our workstations during a few windows.
>> >>
>> >> Early in the morning (between 6-8:30 local) if they're running.
>> >> After the work day (between 6:30 - 9ish) if they're running.
>> >> If all else fails, we scan around lunchtime (11:30 - 1)  We only use
>> >> this time as a fall back... this will impact users.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> HTH,
>> >> - Mick
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> On Mon, Mar 29, 2010 at 2:02 PM, Juan Cortes <[email protected]>
>> >> wrote:
>> >>> Guys,
>> >>>
>> >>> Sort of new to this, but is there a sort of industry standard time
>> >>> when to
>> >>> scan. Basically this scan will be workstations and I would like to
>> >>> scan them
>> >>> during the day since some users turn them off and I would like to get
>> >>> away
>> >>> from bugging people to leave them on.  Any suggestions?
>> >>>
>> >>> Thanks
>> >>>
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>> >>> Chicago, Il
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