Ethernet Card Manufacturer Detection

info Nessus Plugin ID 35716

Synopsis

The manufacturer can be identified from the Ethernet OUI.

Description

Each ethernet MAC address starts with a 24-bit Organizationally Unique Identifier (OUI). These OUIs are registered by IEEE.

See Also

https://standards.ieee.org/faqs/regauth.html

http://www.nessus.org/u?794673b4

Plugin Details

Severity: Info

ID: 35716

File Name: ethernet_manufacturer.nasl

Version: 1.15

Type: combined

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 2/19/2009

Updated: 5/13/2020

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus