RE: scanning ports for known vulnerabilities

Surprised nobody mentioned this already, it's on most of the top 10 tools lists, and it's free.

http://www.nessus.org

------Original Message------
Date: Thu, 07 Nov 2002 09:58:03 -0800
From: Joel Thompson <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Subject: scanning ports for known vulnerabilities

What programs, free and/or commercial, would
you recommend to scan your server's ports
for KNOWN vulnerabilities (CVE's, or other database)?

I'd like to know what the vulnerability is and how to
resolve it from the report.

Thanks,
Joel