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Re: Nessus scanning and mainframe computers

Subject: Re: Nessus scanning and mainframe computers
Date: Sat, 11 Nov 2006 12:20:27 +0100
On Tue Oct 31 2006 at 20:45, Kelly, Jim wrote:

Has anyone evaluated the appropriateness of using Nessus to scan
mainframe computers?

Well... Mainframes usually run critical applications, so I never dared
to launch a full scan against one of those big beasts.

I looked through the plugins and don't see any that seem
particularly relevant.

Note that Nessus has many generic tests, but many of them are
dangerous and will be only enabled in unrestricted (not safe_checks)
mode.
If you can afford to crash the mainframe or some services (i.e. if you
are currently *not running production applications on it, just
testing), try to run a full Nessus scan:
- all 65K ports
- no safe checks
- enable experimental and thorough tests (in the "Prefs")
- test SSL on all ports

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