you are able to scan with the -PN in nmap to skip ping scans and head straight to port scanning.
You can do the same thing in Nessus. On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 11:51 PM, Subba Rao <[email protected]> wrote: > I have a few questions on Vulnerability assessment. > > How can network assets in an Enterprise network be discovered if the > ICMP is turned off on the network? > > Does NMap depend on the ICMP protocol for mapping the network assets? > > How do the commercial vulnerability scanners discover the assets? > > Thank you in advance. > > Subba Rao > _______________________________________________ > Pauldotcom mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.pauldotcom.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pauldotcom > Main Web Site: http://pauldotcom.com > _______________________________________________ Pauldotcom mailing list [email protected] http://mail.pauldotcom.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pauldotcom Main Web Site: http://pauldotcom.com
