Puppet Client Detection

info Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 9672

Synopsis

The remote host is a Puppet Client.

Description

Puppet is an open source systems management tool for centralizing and automating configuration management. Puppet has two layers: a configuration language to describe how the hosts and services should look, and an abstraction layer that allows the administrator to implement the configuration on a variety of Unix, Linux, and Windows platforms.

Solution

Ensure that this software is authorized and running in compliance with corporate standards and security guidelines.

See Also

https://puppet.com

Plugin Details

Severity: Info

ID: 9672

Family: Generic

Published: 10/13/2016

Updated: 12/12/2016