Network Scanning

Policy scanning

• How do I set up a Policy scan?
• How do I create a Policy profile?
• How do I analyze the result of a Policy scan?

Scans

• How does Holm Security detect the operating system of the host scanned?
• Which Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) version is used?
• How does the network discovery work?
• How do I perform a scan that only runs once?
• What impact will network scans have on my network and devices?
• How do I download scan results?

Scan profiles

• How do I exclude ports from a network scan?
• What is the difference between TCP SYN and TCP SYN + ACK in a scan profile?
• What is the difference between TCP and UDP?
• What does the scan profile settings mean?
• How do I create a network scan profile?
• What ports are included in the different scan levels?

Schedules

• How do I schedule a network scan?

Authenticated Network Scans

• How do I see if an authenticated network scan was successful or not?
• How do I set up a custom domain user account for authenticated scans?
• What are the supported systems and requirements?
• How does authenticated networks scans work?

Scanning techniques

• How do I configure the scan profile to speed up the scan?
• How do I improve the accuracy when scanning web servers?
• How do I review configuration used for a scan?
• How does "Include all hosts in IP range belonging to tag" work?
• What type of devices can be disrupted by scans?
• How do I run a scan with potentially dangerous test?
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Best practice

• What are the recommended settings for scanning SCADA environments?
• What is best practice for network scan targets?

Troubleshooting

• Cloud services scanning and compliance audit
• Why does an application crash during a scan?