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As we do not know the various subnets/VLANs in the network and all the devices on it,<br />
is there a feature in Nessus scanner that will 'auto discover or crawl' to get all subnets<br />
&amp;&nbsp;IP addresses? &nbsp;What's this feature called in Nessus?<br />
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It will help give an inventory (hardware type and OS versions ie fingerprinting)
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As we do not know the various subnets/VLANs in the network and all the devices on it,
is there a feature in Nessus scanner that will 'auto discover or crawl' to get all subnets
& IP addresses?  What's this feature called in Nessus?

It will help give an inventory (hardware type and OS versions ie fingerprinting)

Nessus scanning feature or tools that auto discover/crawl the network to obtain hardware+software inventory

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Vulnerabilities

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