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From: Nicolas Pouvesle <npouvesle@tenablesecurity.com>
Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2006 12:37:42 +0100
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On Dec 21, 2006, at 5:21 AM, Shingari, Nitin V. wrote:

Hi folks,

 

While scanning networks how good is nessus in identifying VMWare running machines?

Does nesssus scan and report OS and Applications on VMWare successfully?

 


Nessus identifies if the remote host is running under VMWare with vmware_detect.nasl. All the rest (OS/Applications) is done by standard Nessus plugins.


Nicolas
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