Introduction to GFI LANguard Network Security Scanner
GFI LANguard Network Security Scanner (GFI LANguard N.S.S.) is a
tool that allows network administrators to quickly and easily perform a
network security audit. GFI LANguard N.S.S. creates reports that can
be used to fix security issues on a network. It can also perform patch
management.
Unlike other security scanners, GFI LANguard N.S.S. will not create a
'barrage' of information, which is virtually impossible to follow up on.
Rather, it will help highlight the most important information. It also
provides hyperlinks to security sites to find out more about these
vulnerabilities.
Using intelligent scanning, GFI LANguard N.S.S. gathers information
on machines such as usernames and groups, which may include
rogue objects to allow backdoor access, network shares and similar
objects found on a Windows Domain.
Apart from this, GFI LANguard N.S.S. also identifies specific
vulnerabilities such as configuration problems in FTP servers, exploits
in Microsoft IIS and Apache Web Servers or problems in NT security
policy configuration, plus many other potential security issues.