Awesome port scanner

[nukes]

I don't know how many of you use port scanners for network testing, but this one really, really does rock. AFAIK ifs just a frontend for nmap, but has lots of extra features, such as scanning from a remote host. It also lists all the exploits availiable for any daemons running on the target box, along with linkage for more info. Gotta love it.
www.nessus.org

[SpookyEddy]

I have it installed on my XP box at work and I concur, a very handy little tool. As you suggest it uses nmap for port scanning duties.

Regards

ed

[nukes]

I liked Nmap in itself, then I saw this in one of my mags and thought it was too good to be true.

[e980238]

Whats REALLY cool is GFI Languard

[nukes]

But I don't always want to patch the systems I scan.
Its a cool program because you can use it remotley and if, say I'm behind a 56k, a full portscan and analysis atkes toooo long. If I have a shel on a box with T1 or something I can just start the daemon and scan from there, making it much faster.