Running Ad Hoc Scans - IBM Proventia Network Enterprise Scanner User Manual

Chapter 3: Running Your First Scans

Running Ad Hoc Scans

Introduction
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Procedure
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Follow the procedure in this topic to run an ad hoc discovery scan and an ad hoc
assessment scan against a group in the SiteProtector system. Although the scans run
separately, you can configure both scans at the same time. In the example, you will set up
the assessment scan to run after the discovery scan has finished.
IP addresses to keep the scan time short. Include assets that are known to have
vulnerabilities, if possible.
These instructions guide you through the process without explaining every detail. If you
are interested in the details, refer to the information in the Tips for different steps. If you
are not interested in the details, you can ignore the tips.
To run ad hoc scans:
1. On the SiteProtector Console, set up a tab with the Asset view (See page 74.), and then
create or select a group to scan.
2. Right-click the group, and then select Scan from the pop-up menu.
The Scan window appears.
Figure 3: Window for selecting ad hoc or background scanning
3. Select Network Enterprise Scanner/Ad-Hoc Scan, and then click OK.
The Remote Scan window appears.
Use a small range of
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