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
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