Hi Jack. >From my internal notes:
"The default configurations include the "Ping Host" NVT from the "Port scanners" family. By default, it *marks unreachable hosts as dead *and does not continue scanning. As discussed on the mailing list <http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.comp.security.openvas.users/4376>, "unreachable" implies not only no response to ICMP ping, but no response to any of the most common ports either, so some of our hosts would be scanned even if ICMP ping does not go through. In any case, it is necessary to create a configuration of our own that may otherwise be the same as one of the predefined configurations but does not have *Mark unrechable Hosts as dead (not scanning)* enabled in order to ensure that all hosts will be scanned." -- Eero 2014-07-29 20:18 GMT+03:00 Jack Harvey <[email protected]>: > I think that’s what I’m trying to do/ask how to do. Apologies for being > slow…but where do I configure this “Consider Alive” parameter for the host? > > > > Jack Harvey CISSP > > Synnex Corporation > > 864-349-4939 > > > > *From:* Brandon Perry [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Tuesday, July 29, 2014 1:00 PM > *To:* Jack Harvey > *Cc:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [Openvas-discuss] don't ping... > > > > Not sure exactly how you are configuring the scan config, but someone > recently had this same issue: > > > > > https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg06133.html > > > > On Tue, Jul 29, 2014 at 11:55 AM, Jack Harvey <[email protected]> wrote: > > By way of further explanation of my issue: > > I have a linux-based computer with a firewall. This computer does not > respond to “pings”. If I run a scan with the “Full and very deep” config, > the scan takes seconds and > > returns no results. If I do a port scan with nmap (from my OpenVAS > computer) and the –Pn parameter (treat all hosts as online), it finds > several ports open…verified by the system owner. > > I have cloned the “Full and very deep” config and tried to modify the port > scanner section “launch nmap for network scanning” and enable “treat all > hosts as online”, but still have no success > > scanning and getting some results. > > Help appreciated! > > > > > > *From:* Jack Harvey > *Sent:* Tuesday, July 29, 2014 11:34 AM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* don't ping... > > > > Sorry for the ignorant question. I am looking for the right scan config > setting so that all hosts are treated as live. > > Direction appreciated. > > > > Jack Harvey CISSP > > Synnex Corporation > > 864-349-4939 > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Openvas-discuss mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wald.intevation.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openvas-discuss > > > > > > -- > http://volatile-minds.blogspot.com -- blog > http://www.volatileminds.net -- website > > _______________________________________________ > Openvas-discuss mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wald.intevation.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openvas-discuss >
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