On Thu, 20 Jan 2005, Alex Campoe wrote:
> Is there a limit to the number of IPs can be scanned per session? I am > using nessus 2.2.2a on a redhat box, through NessusWX 1.4.5. I configure > the range of IPs, either IP/Mask or IPstart - IPend, multiple ranges. > > For instance, currently I have > > x.x.220.1 - x.x.221.238 > x.x.222.1 - x.x.222.238 > > The scan will only run through part of the first range. I thought I was > going crazy, checked the logs on the server. There I found the line > > [Thu Jan 20 15:36:23 2005][22513] user campoe starts a new scan. Target(s) : > > followed by a partial list of IPs, exactly the ones that are being > scanned. All others do not seem to be touched at all. > > Any ideas where I would 'start' troubleshooting this? > > Alex > Alex, The following site has a searchable knowledgebase for nessus: http://www.edgeos.com This link: http://www.edgeos.com/nessuskb/details.php?option_id=223 says that the list needs to be either CIDR notation or a comma seperated IPs. The values can come from input file or be entered by hand into the interface. I usually use CIDR to check alot of machines, to get a look at what's exposed on the network. John MCSA/MCSE 2003 _______________________________________________ Nessus mailing list [email protected] http://mail.nessus.org/mailman/listinfo/nessus
