On Tue Jan 24 2006 at 11:07, Nelson, C.M. wrote: > XP SP2 systems by default have the firewall enabled and, as a result of > having the "File and Printer Sharing" configuration checkbox unchecked, > do not respond to ping (the MS way of doing things!)
If uPNP is still allowed, then TCP:2869 will answer with RST. Should I add this port in the "extended" list of ping_host.nasl? > If I do not use ping, and use Nmap to portscan it completes very quickly > where an address does not correspond to a live host. As Javier already said, Nmap uses "ARP ping" on the same network. But as soon as there is a gateway between the scanner and the target, you're dead. > After Nmap has run, whether it scanned a live host or not, some Nessus > plug-in tests run regardless. It seems that although Nmap completes > quickly where there is no live host, it does not convey to Nessus that > there is no point in running any plug-in. Nmap is not used to determine if the host is dead or alive, just for port scan. _______________________________________________ Nessus mailing list [email protected] http://mail.nessus.org/mailman/listinfo/nessus
