nipper Features (LIMITED EDITION)
===============

nipper currently supports the following device types:

   * Cisco IOS-based Switches
   * Cisco IOS-based Routers
   * Cisco IOS-based Catalysts
   * Cisco NMP-based Catalysts
   * Cisco CatOS-based Catalysts
   * Cisco PIX-based Firewalls
   * Cisco ASA-based Firewalls
   * Cisco FWSM-based Firewalls
   * Cisco CSS-based Content Service Switches
   * Juniper NetScreen ScreenOS-based Firewalls
   * CheckPoint Firewall-1 (FW1)
   * Nortel Passport Devices
   * SonicWALL SonicOS Firewalls

nipper performs a security audit of a device and produces a report which
can include the following sections:

   * Security Related Issues
       > Introduction
       > The issues
   * Configuration Report
       > Introduction
       > The configuration
   * Appendix Section
       > Abbreviations
       > Timezones
       > Common Ports
       > Logging Severity Levels
       > Version Details

Reports can be output in HTML (default), XML, Latex and plain text formats.

nipper will decode Cisco type 7 passwords, other passwords can be output to
a john-the-ripper file for further testing.


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