On Mon, 15 Sep 2003, Renaud Deraison wrote: > On Mon, Sep 15, 2003 at 12:59:15PM -0500, EnergyLad wrote: > > > .nessusrc takes precedence. However, nessusd.conf sets the high limits > > > for max_hosts and max_checks (ie: you can not override these limits with > > > the client). > > > > Good to know. Also, can Nessus be configured to report IP addresses and > > MAC addresses? DHCP networks can be a pain to scan repeatedly, otherwise. > > Yes - set "use_mac_addr" to "yes" in your .nessusrc, and the hosts of > the local subnet will be reported by MAC address.
Strange -- I did this in both my .nessusrc file and my nessusd.conf and the resulting results files contained no MAC addresses, only IP addresses. Naturally I restarted the services, later the machine, and while I confirmed that the changes to the settings had been maintained, there was no change in the output. I'm using Nessus 2.0.7. I'll give it another shot and see if I can report back with some more useful debugging clues. When it does work, will they be reported by IP *and* MAC address at the same time, or simply IP *or* MAC address? This is a crucial part of my question. P
