So there is nothing wrong with my config? Its just Nessus doesn't support scans without pings?
-----Original Message-----
From: twig les [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: 09 May, 2002 18:44
To: Wigg, Guy G; '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
Subject: Re: Dead hosts problem
Poke a temporary hole in the firewall allowing echo
request from your address and echo reply to your
address? Being very explicit is a pain in the arse
but doing that and taking the hole out within an hour
should work without being too bad.
--- "Wigg, Guy G" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi, I have a number of hosts located behind a
> firewall that I need to scan.
> These hosts vary from email servers, to web servers
> to SSL servers and other
> types, without a common TCP port open. Initially
> with the TCP ping enabled
> only the non-SSL servers were scanned, the rest
> appeared dead in the report.
> I therefore disabled both the TCP/ICMP ping options
> (we don't allow ICMP
> through the Firewall) under preferences, hoping that
> it would scan the host
> regardless of what ports were open. Unfortunately I
> now get a report that
> indicates all hosts are dead. Anyone have any ideas?
> I am using Nessus
> 1.2.0.
>
> thanks
> Guy
>
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