The ping_host.nasl plugin does more than just an ICMP ping, it also solicits responses from common TCP ports
I suggest you just turn off "ping the remote host" to force the scan.
Paul
Ravi Verma wrote:
Dear Tom:
Thanks a lot for your response.
We have Linux firewalls on all the servers. Firewall rules prevent servers from responding to icmp-echo or ping. Still, 4 of the 5 servers respond to nessus scan. It is one particular server which nessus fails to scan.
Any other idea? Has anybody else on this list encountered this behavior?
Regards.
Ravi Verma
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