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<main> <article class="userContent"> <h3 data-id="question">Question:</h3> <p>What is the difference between MachAudit and NMAP_Probe Probe Type?</p> <p><img src="/attachments/token/R3jPotRKAbXy58HwQc9RdlrhU/?name=000579.jpg" alt="000579.jpg" width="874" height="259" class="embedImage-img importedEmbed-img"></img></p> <h3 data-id="answer">Answer:</h3> <p>Probe Type refers to the way the machine was discovered.</p> <p>From <a rel="nofollow" href="/home/leaving?allowTrusted=1&target=http%3A%2F%2Fhelp.kaseya.com%2FWebHelp%2FEN%2FKDIS%2F9000000%2Findex.asp%2310619.htm">http://help.kaseya.com/WebHelp/EN/KDIS/9000000/index.asp#10619.htm</a></p> <p>NMAP Probe - The standard method of discovering a device on a network, using the Discovery module. If you see this tag then it would mean the device was discovered using nmap probe.</p> <p><br>Machine Audit - The audit performed on a machine that has an agent installed.If you see this tag then it would mean discovery picked up this entry in the discovered device based on the Audit info available.</p> <p>For more information:</p> <ul><li> <p>MachAudit, is through an Audit via the installed Agent. (<a rel="nofollow" href="/home/leaving?allowTrusted=1&target=http%3A%2F%2Fhelp.kaseya.com%2Fwebhelp%2FEN%2Fvsa%2F9000000%2Findex.asp%23290.htm">http://help.kaseya.com/webhelp/EN/vsa/9000000/index.asp#290.htm</a>)</p> </li> <li> <p>NMAP_Probe is through the nmap scan, which is a 3rd party software (<a rel="nofollow" href="/home/leaving?allowTrusted=1&target=http%3A%2F%2Fnmap.org%2F">http://nmap.org/</a>)</p> </li> </ul><p> </p> <p>Applies to</p> <p>Kaseya On-Premise and SaaS</p> </article> </main>