Dear Paul: That was it. When I turned off the "ping the remote host" option, nessus started scanning the server.
I would like to add to the wish list for this wonderful tool. The tool can display a message when it cannot scan a host because it failed to receive a response from any of the common TCP ports. Thanks for the help. Regards. Ravi Verma 9167053261 -----Original Message----- From: Paul Johnston [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2004 5:16 AM To: Ravi Verma Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Nessus not scanning Hi, 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 >9167053261 > > -- Paul Johnston Internet Security Specialist Westpoint Limited Albion Wharf, 19 Albion Street, Manchester, M1 5LN England Tel: +44 (0)161 237 1028 Fax: +44 (0)161 237 1031 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] web: www.westpoint.ltd.uk _______________________________________________ Nessus mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.nessus.org/mailman/listinfo/nessus
