Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2008 21:57:09 -0800 From: "Richard Yang" <kusanagiyang@gmail.com> To: "Jeff Laine" <wtf.jlaine@gmail.com>, "Richard Yang" <kusanagiyang@gmail.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: nessus report Message-ID: <abd417bf0812192157n574038edi4c3e501bb0f45f06@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20081220054238.GA78194@free.bsd.loc> References: <abd417bf0812192132l1e99cfccyc297f32f388428ea@mail.gmail.com> <20081220054238.GA78194@free.bsd.loc>
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i havent tried nmap yet, but you said it also detected the remote, though no port is open? On Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at 9:42 PM, Jeff Laine <wtf.jlaine@gmail.com> wrote: > On Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at 09:32:51PM -0800, Richard Yang wrote: > > hi, > > when i ran nessus against my bsd box, nessus can detect "the remote host > is > > up". > > i don't understand how nessus can detect it... > > does anyone know how it is done? > > thanx > > > > rich > > I can't tell about nessus but nmap does so after discovering any open > ports, > TCP RST responses from closed ports or ICMP responses from your host. > I believe it's similar with the nessuss. > > > -- > Best regards, > Jeff > > () X-mas ribbon campaign > /\ > > -- Best Regards Richard Yang richardyang@richardyang.net kusanagiyang@gmail.com
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