Operating System (OS) Scan

OS scan broadly performs:

  • OS fingerprinting
    Information about the target OS. The OS name collected is in the format that Qualys' signature evaluation expects.
  • Collecting OS packages
    Creates a list of OS installed packages.

To know about supported OSs, refer to Appendix: Supported Operating Systems

Supported Package Managers

QScanner supports the collection of OS installed packages from the following package managers:

  • APK
  • DPKG
  • Pacman
  • RPM