Nancy Kafer wrote:
I'm not sure which group to post this to, thus the cross-posting.

I am getting ready to upgrade my laptop to Windows XP (from Win 2K
Professional). However, one thing that is keeping me from performing the
upgrade is the fact that from everything I've read SP2 breaks vulnerability
scanners because of the Internet Firewall. We have contacted one of our
vendors and they have told us that vulnerability scanners will not work with
SP2 because the Internet Firewall closes ports necessary for scanners to
run. We have tried turning off the firewall to test but the scanner still
won't work.

If you have a different firewall that you already use and you know works
with your vulnerability scanners, you can always turn the Windows
Internet Firewall off.


Has anyone successfully used a vulnerability scanner with SP2? If so, what
scanner are you using and what tweaks (if any) did you have to do perform to
get the scanner to work?

Thanks.

Nancy