On Fri, 24 Oct 2003, James Davis wrote: > I've got a host to scan that doesn't respond to TCP or ICMP pings but I > know is listening on certain ports. If I disable TCP and ICMP pings Nessus > blindly tries to execute every pluggin without first scanning for open > ports. What do I need to put in my .nessusrc to cause Nessus to run nmap? > > I currently have the following Nmap options set. > > Nmap[radio]:TCP scanning technique : = SYN scan > Nmap[checkbox]:UDP port scan = no > Nmap[checkbox]:RPC port scan = no > Nmap[checkbox]:Ping the remote host = yes
Hi James. You need to set the nmap "Ping the remote host = no" to make Nessus pass the P0 option to nmap. Otherwise, nmap is getting launched, but it exiting because it can not ping the target. ~Jay .. .. Jay Jacobson .. Edgeos, Inc. - 480.961.5996 - http://www.edgeos.com .. .. Managed Vulnerability Assessment Services .. for Information Security Professionals ..
