Nessus uses NMAP to perform the port scans, so you are better off continuing to use NMAP to find open ports, unless you are trying to determine vulnerabilities as well.
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rob Tanner Sent: Thursday, February 12, 2004 12:34 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Two newbie questions Hi, We have been using nmap to do periodic port scans on our network (looking for services, viruses, etc that shouldn't be there). What I couldn't figure out is how to get nessus to do a simple port scan -- and nothing else -- and report back open ports. How can I, for instance, get nessus to simply do the same scan as would result from this nmap command: "nmap -p 3127-3198 10.119.94.1-254"? Also, from the gui, how can I select just a single plugin to run? When I select the family, all the plugins in that family are selected. Is there a simple way to simply select the one I want without having to unselect 50 others? Thanks, Rob Rob Tanner UNIX Services Manager Linfield College McMinnville, Oregon _______________________________________________ Nessus mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.nessus.org/mailman/listinfo/nessus ************************************************************* Scanned by net.work.Maryland Antivirus Service ... the Backbone of eMaryland, the Digital State. ************************************************************* _______________________________________________ Nessus mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.nessus.org/mailman/listinfo/nessus
