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Parameter Description
Ping sweep Enable/disable the use of Ping sweeps to discover network devices.
Custom TCP discovery Discover online machines by querying for the specified open TCP ports.
Network Discovery Options
Scanning delay Key in the time interval (in milliseconds) between one scan and another.
Network discovery query
responses timeout
Amount of time in milliseconds the security scanner will wait before timing out when per-
forming a machine discovery query (NetBIOS/SNMP/Ping).
Number of retries Number of times security scanner will retry to connect to a non-responsive machine before
skipping it.
Include non-responsive
computers
Run scans on all the PCs regardless of whether they are detected as being online or not.
Perform a TCP port prob-
ing in order to detect
mobile devices
Perform a TCP port probing in order to detect mobile devices using known ports.
Network Scanner Options
Scanning threads count Key in the number of scan threads that can run simultaneously.
NetBIOS Query Options
Scope ID Used for NetBIOS environments requiring a specific scope ID in order to allow querying.
SNMP Query Options
Load SNMP enterprise
numbers
Specifies whether security scanner should use the OID (Object Identifier database) con-
taining ID to Vendor map to identify the various types of devices.
Community strings Specifies whether security scanner should use the specified community string for SNMP
server detection and information retrieval.
Global Port Query Options
TCP port scan query
timeout
Amount of time in milliseconds security scanner will wait during a TCP port scan before tim-
ing out and moving on to scan the next port.
UDP port scan query
timeout
Amount of time in milliseconds security scanner will wait during a UDP port scan before tim-
ing out and moving on to scan the next port.
WMI Options
WMI timeout Amount of time in milliseconds security scanner will wait for a reply from the remote WMI
server before timing out and moving on to the next scan item.
SSH Options
SSH timeout Amount of time in milliseconds security scanner will wait for a SSH script to return before
timing out and moving on to the next scan item.
Alternative SSH port Alternative SSH ports to use when the default port 22 is unreachable.
Scanner activity window
Type of scanner activity
output
Activity progress modes: simple (basic progress - start / stop of operations), or verbose (more
detailed information on process flow).
Display received packets Output TCP packets in raw format as they were received by security scanner.
Display sent packets Output TCP packets in raw format as they were sent by security scanner.
OS Information Retrieval Options
Create custom share if
administrative privileges
are disabled
If administrative shares are disabled the scanner will temporarily create a custom hidden
share of the form <random GUID>$. The share is used to retrieve data that helps identifying
vulnerabilities and missing patches.
Start remote registry If the remote registry service is stopped on the scanned machine, enable this option to tem-
porarily open it during the security scanning.