try disable "ping the remote host",and use enable "nmap" to port scan
lee -- Open WebMail Project (http://openwebmail.org) ---------- Original Message ----------- From: "George A. Theall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Sent: Wed, 13 Sep 2006 19:42:11 -0400 Subject: Re: returns empty report > On Wed, Sep 13, 2006 at 03:47:49PM -0600, Ken Dyke wrote: > > > We have a number of hosts where a service has been moved to a different > > port. For example, a host with ssh server listening on port 10022 (it > > happens that it is the only port open on that host). Even if I > > specifically tell nessus to scan that port it still returns an empty > > report. > > Is plugin #10180, ping_host.nasl, being run? Check the > nessusd.messages log; it might be even if you haven't enabled it > explicitly since it's a dependency on a number of scanners. If it is > and you're using TCP pings > (the default), make sure you include 10022 for the preference "TCP > ping destination port(s)". Otherwise, the ping scanner will mark the > host as dead since, in this case, no other ports are open and Nessus > will not bother scanning it any further. > > George > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > _______________________________________________ > Nessus mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.nessus.org/mailman/listinfo/nessus ------- End of Original Message ------- _______________________________________________ Nessus mailing list [email protected] http://mail.nessus.org/mailman/listinfo/nessus
