This worked -- I was forgetting to disable the TCP ping. Thanks! On Thu, 25 July 2002, "Jonah Lau" wrote:
> > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Hi Ben, > > Here's what I do force a full scan: > > 1. Disable the Ping remote host scan. > 2. Set nmap to not ping the remote host, do TCP, UDP > and RPC scan, > using normal timing policy on ports 1 to 65535. > > Both settings can be made through NessusWX and should > give you the > desired results. I'm not too sure if you can set this > up as default, > as I have not fiddled much with the configuration > files, since I need > to tweak my configs for different scenarios for every > scan. > > Cheers/Jonah > > - -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, July 25, 2002 5:43 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: forcing full scan of nonresponsive hosts > > > Hello, > > I'm hoping this is a ridiculously simple question... > > I want to (preferably by default) have nessus > configured to completely scan all IPs listed, even if > they are not responsive, such as to ping or TCP > connect() or SYN scan. Thus far I have not been able > to find a flag in the nessusd.conf file or through the > NessusWX client (ran out of time before I could look at > the Posix nessus client) that would accomplish this > goal. In this case, I'm talking about IPs that may be > behind a firewall, which have routes for the range > pointing to an non-private interface on the router, and > yet cannot be reached directly (such as how most > SOHO/residential firewalls with many-to-one NAT seem to > operate). > > What config option am I missing, where do I set it, and > can I set it in the nessusd.conf file? Or has nessus > evolved to the point that it's no longer possible to > scan non-responsive hosts? > > TIA! > > - -ben > > - --------------------------------------- > Benjamin Tomhave > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > <a href="http://mail.cybersecret.com//jump/http://falcon.cybersecret.com";>http://falcon.cybersecret.com</a>/ > - - > [EMAIL PROTECTED]: general discussions about > Nessus. > * To unsubscribe, send a mail to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] with > "unsubscribe nessus" in the body. > * To subscribe again, send a mail to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] with > "subscribe nessus" in the body > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: PGP 7.0.4 > > iQA/AwUBPT92ZkudHUUOqLJvEQK7wACfR3mqzIfDfSJu4AbHa6pfjr8M920AoIaw > wgYnYMjP6A2O1nF2Rlp1ac1L > =URcX > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > - > [EMAIL PROTECTED]: general discussions about > Nessus. > * To unsubscribe, send a mail to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] with > "unsubscribe nessus" in the body. > * To subscribe again, send a mail to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] with > "subscribe nessus" in the body --------------------------------------- Benjamin Tomhave [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://falcon.cybersecret.com/ - [EMAIL PROTECTED]: general discussions about Nessus. * To unsubscribe, send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe nessus" in the body. * To subscribe again, send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "subscribe nessus" in the body
