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Ask HN: Are there any automated penetration testing tools?

1 pointsby lisperforlifealmost 14 years ago
Are there some automated penetration testing tools to test against my server? I would like to know basic stuff like the following.<p>1) Only SSH and HTTP ports should be open 2) Root login is disabled via SSH, 3) SSH uses only public key authentication and does not use password based auth<p>The idea is to have a quick tool that checks and reports if we miss setting up a firewall and such. I have root access on all my machines so any tool that runs on the machine is also fine.

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duiker101almost 14 years ago
Nessus? I never tried it but i think it's what you are looking for.<p><a href="http://www.tenable.com/products/nessus" rel="nofollow">http://www.tenable.com/products/nessus</a>