It depends on what the firewall is supposed to be protecting and how. Pretty much the default setup will verify that the firewall is doing its job. Nessus uses several methods of trying to identify active IP addresses but if the firewall hides things well and the open ports are NOT what Nessus specifically tests with TCP Ping, then it may skip some testing that the firewall would permit.
Nessus' developers will tell you it's really not a tool intended for testing firewall protection, unless you checking for vulnerabilities in that particular firewall! Carl -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Phillip Pi Sent: Thursday, December 26, 2002 6:42 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: What's the best options to test a software firewall on Windows? Hi, Are the default settings/options and all the latest plug-ins in Nessus the best setup to test a Windows software firewall? Or is there something special that I need to do to really fully test the firewall? Thank you in advance. :) -- "News Headline: Ants Take A Long Time To Cook In Microwave" --unknown /\___/\ / /\ /\ \ Phillip Pi (Ant); The Ant Farm: http://antfarm.ma.cx | |o o| | \ _ / E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED] ( ) - [EMAIL PROTECTED]: general discussions about Nessus. * To unsubscribe, send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe nessus" in the body. - [EMAIL PROTECTED]: general discussions about Nessus. * To unsubscribe, send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe nessus" in the body.
