Does a security scanning program needs to know the OS's of the machines being scanned?

Does a security scanning program needs to know the OS's of the machines being scanned?

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Does a security scanning program needs to know the OS's of the machines being scanned? Ricardo 05-24-2004
Posted by Ricardo on May 24, 2004, 6:59 am
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Does a security scanning program needs to know the operating systems
of the machines being scanned? In other words, does the security
scanning program perform different security tests depending on the
operating system of the machine being scanned?


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