From: John Kinsella (jlk@thrashyour.com)
Date: Fri Mar 03 2006 - 13:09:58 EST
I've only dealt with one PCI scanning company, suppossedly they're one
of the larger ones, but their scans are pathetic, to say the least.
Basically you're paying them to scan what you to say to scan, and then
what to ignore from those results, then you get a thumbs up.
John
On Thu, Mar 02, 2006 at 08:52:25PM -0600, Derek Nash wrote:
> For those of you who are providing PCI certified scanning how are you
> complying with the requirement that "The vendor should ensure that it
> has an unfiltered communication path to the customer's environment."
> in order to avoid "Internet Service Provider Blocked Ports" that could
> "result in misleading report conclusions."
>
> Mastercard eludes to scanning over a VPN tunnel, but that seems
> excessive and a potential logistical nightmare depending on volume of
> business and technical know-how at the client's end.
>
> I am just wonder what other providers are doing to comply. Thanks in
> advance for your posts.
>
>
> --
> Best Regards,
>
> ddnash
>
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