2 min
Authentication
Credential Status in Reporting Data Model
The new version of Reporting Data Model (1.3.1) allows Nexpose
[https://www.rapid7.com/products/nexpose/] users to create CSV reports providing
information about credential status of their assets, i.e. whether credentials
provided by the user (global or site specific) allowed successful login to the
asset during a specific scan.
Credential Status Per Service
The new Reporting Data Model version contains fact_asset_scan_service enhanced
with the new column containing the information about creden
1 min
Nexpose
Configuring the SNMP request timeout
The SNMP protocol is very common, has many implementations and is deployed in
diverse networks. In some cases it responds very promptly, in others it is
relatively slow to respond. We found that in some environments a 1 second
request timeout was insufficient, so in Nexpose 6.1.1 we have changed the
default to 3 seconds in order to improve the service and related vulnerability
detection.
This, however, can have a major impact on scan times on port 161 and may not be
desirable on networks with l