this could happen if you are scanning from behind a firewall a nasl on your host returned negative though
try scanning from somewhere else. -A On Thu, 14 Mar 2002, Pavel Kankovsky wrote: > On Thu, 14 Mar 2002, Mike Batchelor wrote: > > > I have a host at 209.104.33.252 which Nessus (1.0.7a) claims responds to > > ICMP_MASQREQ. > ... > > Can someone confirm to me whether 209.104.33.252 responds to a > > ICMP_MASQREQ unicast? I do not know how to generate such a packet to > > test it myself. > > Try: nasl -t 209.104.33.252 /usr/lib/nessus/plugins/icmp_mask_req.nasl > > And yes, your host responds to ICMP_MASKREQ...it's a wierd response > (zero mask?) but it is a response: > > 22:44:07.848911 myhost > lax1utlns2.tmcs.net: icmp: address mask request > 22:44:08.092817 lax1utlns2.tmcs.net > myhost: icmp: address mask is > 0x00000000 (DF) [tos 0x20] > > --Pavel Kankovsky aka Peak [ Boycott Microsoft--http://www.vcnet.com/bms ] > "Resistance is futile. Open your source code and prepare for assimilation." > >
