> Does anyone have an example of an IPTables filtering list under Redhat
> that can be used with Nessus.
> 
> I'm sorry if this is a little off topic. 
> 
> I have had some problems using Nessus and NAT (for external scans), so
> I'm thinking of putting the Nessus scanner on the outside segment of our
> network. I would like to setup IPTables so the machine is not completely
> vulnerable to the outside.

allow ip any any?

put it on outside interface, start nessus it with -a {ip} option (using
inside ip address), MAYBE use -S option with outside ip address.

that way, nessus will only be listening on the internal interface.

Anything else and you will interfere with nessus

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