Not finding anything on an external firewall is generally a good thing...
On Mon, Oct 25, 2010 at 11:12 AM, Tom Powers <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello all, > > Anyone have any good tips for scanning firewalls from the outside. I'm at a > remote office, trying to scan the firewall at our main office with OpenVAS > 3 on ubuntu 10.04. > > Internal scans are AWESOME and find more than I though they would. External > scans (with default settings) against the firewall's external IP addresses > return absolutely nothing. > > I am accessing the home office firewall, from the outside, using the branch > office internet connection (which is seperate from the network). The home > office firewall external addresses to not respond to a ping (they are > configured that way)...and I think that may be the issue for the > portscanners? > > Any good configuration tips to get this to go? > All help is appreciated > Thanks > Tom P > _______________________________________________ > Openvas-discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.wald.intevation.org/mailman/listinfo/openvas-discuss > > _______________________________________________ Openvas-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.wald.intevation.org/mailman/listinfo/openvas-discuss
