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GFI LANguard N.S.S VS NeWT Security Scanner

GFI LANguard N.S.S VS NeWT Security Scanner . Presented by:Li,Guorui. Agenda. Features comparison System requirements Installation Licensing Testing Conclusion Reference. Features comparison. Flexible scanning Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) compatible

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GFI LANguard N.S.S VS NeWT Security Scanner

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  1. GFI LANguard N.S.S VS NeWT Security Scanner Presented by:Li,Guorui

  2. Agenda • Features comparison • System requirements • Installation • Licensing • Testing • Conclusion • Reference

  3. Features comparison • Flexible scanning • Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) compatible • Easy vulnerability database updates • Results Comparison

  4. Features comparison (cont’) • GFI LANguard Network Security Scanner version 5.0 • Automatically detect security vulnerabilities on your network • Provides in-depth information about all machines/devices • Patch management • NeWT vulnerability scanner version 2.1 • Provides Dos Attack in addition to the standard set of tests • Intelligent port scanning

  5. System requirements • GFI LANguard N.S.S • Windows 2000/2003 or Windows XP • Internet Explorer 5.1 or higher • Client for Microsoft Networks must be installed. • NO Personal Firewall software or the Windows XP Internet Connection Firewall can be running while doing scans. It can block functionality of GFI LANguard N.S.S. • To deploy patches on remote machines you need to have administrator privileges

  6. System requirements(cont’) • NeWT Security Scanner • Windows 2000/2003 or Windows XP • A resident copy of Microsoft’s Internet Explorer is required • Client for Microsoft Networks must be installed. • To forge custom TCP/IP packets, NeWT uses the WinPcap (http://winpcap.polito.it ) driver • To deploy patches on remote machines you need to have administrator privileges

  7. Installation • GFI LANguard • 60 days full evaluation or freeware version • http://www.gfi.com/downloads/downloads.asp?pid=8&lid=1 • NeWT • Freeware • http://www.tenablesecurity.com/newt.html

  8. Price Price up to 25 IPs LANSS25 $ 315 up to 250 IPs LANSS250 $ 795 up to 50 IPs LANSS50 $ 395 unlimited IPs * LANSSUNL $ 995 up to 100 IPs LANSS100 $ 495 Licensing • GFI LANguard

  9. Licensing • NeWT Scanner • Free • Local network only • NeWT Pro is for commercially use ($6000)

  10. Testingenvironment • Server • Intel Celeron 1.8 GHz • 512 Mb of RAM • Windows 2000 SP 4 • Clients • 2 Windows 2000 machines • 2 Windows XP machines

  11. Testingenvironment • Phase one • Perform default vulnerability tests of both software • Phase two • Install patches, updates • Rescan system again • Phase three • Compare result comparison function

  12. Test phase one result

  13. Testing Items GFI LANguard NeWT Scanner Total machine scanning 4 4 Scanning set Default Default Total time 6-7 minutes 16-17 minutes Total High vulnerability 8 29 Total Medium vulnerability 5 17 Test phase one summary

  14. Test phase two result • GFI LANguard did not identify the software version correctly • Updated office 2000, SQL server 2000, WinAMP 5.05 / JRE/JDK 1.4.2_06

  15. Test phase three result

  16. Conclusion • GFI LANguard • Fast • Many extra features • Buggy • NeWT scanner • Powerful scanning ability • Stable system performance • A bit slow

  17. Reference • http://www.tenablesecurity.com/newt.html • NeWT user manual   • http://www.gfi.com/languard/ • GFI LANguard user manual

  18. Questions

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