Scanning with SAINT

| # Scanning for the first time with SAINT To "scan", in the SAINT vernacular, means to probe or test a remote host's security. SAINT has the ability to scan a great number of hosts on a network; fortunately or unfortunately, as the case may be, you may not have the authority or permission to scan all of the hosts on a particular network. If you do not have permission from the administrator of a target host or network to run a scan, do not run a SAINT scan against it! Remember - you should run SAINT as "root"! Assuming that you have the authority to do so, it is very simple to start scanning with SAINT. To do so: From the control panel in the HTML interface, select Target Selection. It will prompt you for a primary target; type in the host that you're running SAINT from if it is not already in the prompt box. Also select the check box next to the primary target prompt box if it is not already selected. Select Scan the target host only, or, if you have the inclination, authority, and time (it can take several minutes to scan a single host at the higher scan levels), select Scan all hosts in the primary (i.e. the target's) subnet. Select a Normal scan to start out with. The more intensive the scan the more time it takes to complete. Select Start the scan to begin scanning. That's it! If you have any problems, you should read the full documentation on using SAINT for the first time. After the scan has finished, view the Analyzing the output section to learn how to view and interpret the results of your scan.