On Mon, Apr 15, 2002 at 10:31:23AM -0400, Cristobal Soto wrote:
> I'm not sure if its the same issue, but when i enable the "tcp ping" if
> the host is not listening to the tcp ping port (80 default), the plugin
> declares the host "dead", even if it answers to pings and/or has ports
> open. And of course nessusd does not run any vuln checks on the dead
> host...
> Maybe this is expected, but i found it to be somewhat confusing. I think
> the host should be flagged as "dead" if it does not do tcp ping AND does
> not give icmp ping (maybe AND does not have some ports open)...
The behavior is user-defineable - see the 'prefs' panel of the client,
and check both tcp & icmp.
-- Renaud
