Nessus scan and no port scan possible?

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09-08-2008, 03:50 PM	#1
memo007 Member Registered: Feb 2005 Distribution: Debian, Kanotix, Kubuntu Posts: 117 Rep:	Nessus scan and no port scan possible? If i dont use a port scanner or scan only one port in nessus will nessus still check for all the vulnerabilities ?

09-08-2008, 06:21 PM	#2
gilead Senior Member Registered: Dec 2005 Location: Brisbane, Australia Distribution: Slackware64 14.0 Posts: 4,141 Rep:	What do the docs say about that? Have you tried it both ways on a single machine and compared the results?

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