Re: nmap problem

[mike . sleeper]

Actually , I'm encountering the same problem today.

The current scan hangs at the same point  ("...launching nmap_wrapper.nes against [TARGET]...")

- ICMP Ping time average = 0.762 ms
- Attempted "nmap -v -v [TARGET]" as root
   - scan completed (system OS guess Linux 2.x) in less than 2 minutes

Manual investigation revealed that the system was an NT4 device running VNC installed in proxy mode

Is there any way I can get more debugging information in my Nessus logs?

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[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 05/29/2003 02:51:09 AM:

> Ramdas, Venkata (MED, TCS) wrote:
> >
> > Hello ,
> >
> > i installed nessus successfully. But when iam running nessus, sometimes the
> > test is getting stuk.When i saw the nessusd.messages i observed the
> > following
> >
> > [Tue May 27 16:45:27 2003][593] user viny : launching nmap_wrapper.nes
> > against 5.221.3.456 [598]
> >
> > the test is stuck for a longtime.so i killed the session.
> >
> > any ideas?
> >
>
> "Stuck for a longtime" Is not a very cientific way to tell how much time
> did the test take. However, if you are scanning a server that is behind
> a packet filtering element (for example a firewall) and using the
> default nmap behaviour or a wide range of ports, expect it to take quite
> some time to finish (unless you set Nmap to 'Aggressive' or 'Insane',
> but I wouldn't recommend the latter).
>
> Regards
>
> Javi
>