Hi Sergio,

Is this device a printer?

What was your previous version of Nessus?

And lastly, can you try disabling "don't scan printers" and "don't
scan fragile devices"?

Ron Gula
Tenable Network Security


Sergio Castro wrote:
> Hi Ron,
> 
> I just checked scan.log. I have this:
> --------------------------------------------------------
> [Mon Jun 09 12:44:39 2008][2804] Use default port range 
> [Mon Jun 09 12:44:46 2008][2804] user zerge : testing www.unicin.net
> (200.57.93.68) [2804] 
> [Mon Jun 09 12:44:46 2008][2804] Scan 200.57.93.68 using 20201 plugins 
> [Mon Jun 09 12:44:46 2008][2804] user zerge : launching
> clrtxt_proto_settings.nasl against 200.57.93.68 [1] 
> [Mon Jun 09 12:44:46 2008][2804] user zerge : launching
> dont_scan_settings.nasl against 200.57.93.68 [2] 
> [Mon Jun 09 12:44:46 2008][2804] user zerge : launching ssh_settings.nasl
> against 200.57.93.68 [3] 
> [Mon Jun 09 12:44:46 2008][2804] clrtxt_proto_settings.nasl (process 1)
> finished its job against 200.57.93.68 in 0.000 seconds 
> [Mon Jun 09 12:44:46 2008][2804] dont_scan_settings.nasl (process 2)
> finished its job against 200.57.93.68 in 0.000 seconds 
> [Mon Jun 09 12:44:46 2008][2804] ssh_settings.nasl (process 3) finished its
> job against 200.57.93.68 in 0.000 seconds 
> [Mon Jun 09 12:44:46 2008][2804] user zerge : launching snmp_settings.nasl
> against 200.57.93.68 [4] 
> [Mon Jun 09 12:44:50 2008][2804] snmp_settings.nasl (process 4) finished its
> job against 200.57.93.68 in 3.234 seconds 
> [Mon Jun 09 12:44:50 2008][2804] user zerge : launching ping_host.nasl
> against 200.57.93.68 [5] 
> [Mon Jun 09 12:44:53 2008][2804] ping_host.nasl (process 5) finished its job
> against 200.57.93.68 in 3.015 seconds 
> [Mon Jun 09 12:44:53 2008][2804] user zerge : launching
> dont_scan_printers.nasl against 200.57.93.68 [6] 
> [Mon Jun 09 12:44:53 2008][2804] The remote host (200.57.93.68) is dead 
> [Mon Jun 09 12:44:53 2008][2804] Finished testing 200.57.93.68. Time : 6.421
> secs, 6 plugins launched 
> [Mon Jun 09 12:44:53 2008][2804] 1 hosts scanned 
> -------------------------------------------------------- 
> 
> Note the "remote host is dead". I know as a fact that it is not, and I used
> to scan this host just fine with the previous version of Nessus.
> I just scanned other hosts, and get the same "remote host is dead" response.
> My firewall and antivirus are off. When on, they don't affect local network
> scans.
> The host is a Linux server. No idea why "dont_scan_printers.nasl" is being
> launched.
> I believe the previous Nessus version I was using was 3.0.6.
> 
> Thanks 
> 
> -----Mensaje original-----
> De: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> En nombre de Ron Gula
> Enviado el: Lunes, 09 de Junio de 2008 02:37 p.m.
> Para: [email protected]
> Asunto: Re: Cannot scan public IPs
> 
> Are there any local firewalls or anti-virus software on the Windows XP
> machine you are running Nessus on? Have you looked at the event log for any
> error or warning messages? What previous version of Nessus were you using?
> 
> Ron Gula
> Tenable Network Security
> 
> Sergio Castro wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> Yes, I should've given more detail.
>> Indeed, looking at windump, I can see that during public IP scannings, 
>> there are no packets leaving or entering my machine. If I try a scan 
>> on the LAN, I can see them.
>> The setup I have is identical to when I was using the previous Nessus 
>> version. There is no firewall or router to get in the way.
>> I tried reinstalling 3.2.1, and the problem persists.
>> Thanks for your help
>>
>> -----Mensaje original-----
>> De: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
>> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> En nombre de Ron Gula
>> Enviado el: Lunes, 09 de Junio de 2008 07:06 a.m.
>> Para: undisclosed-recipients:
>> CC: [email protected]
>> Asunto: Re: Cannot scan public IPs
>>
>> Nessus does not have anything that limits which IPs you can scan.
>>
>> There is not enough information in your email to try for a diagnosis, 
>> but if you tried to sniff the session where you can't scan computers 
>> off of the local network, you could see if they were getting out of 
>> your XP computer or being stopped by a firewall, router, .etc along the
> way someplace.
>> Ron Gula
>> Tenable Network Security
>>
>> Sergio Castro wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>  
>>> I just upgraded to 3.2.1 on Windows XP; I can scan local network IPs 
>>> just fine, but not public IPs. I didn't have this problem in the 
>>> previous version.
>>> Any ideas on how to fix this?
>>>  
>>> Thanks in advance for your help
>>>  
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