Re: nessus still scanning some printers, skips others?

"Renaud Deraison (lists)" <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.security.nessus.general
Message-ID <[email protected]>

When this happens, please send me the full report (and KB, if  
possible) of the scanned printer and I'll make sure we update the  
plugin to prevent such behavior in the future.

Thanks,

					-- Renaud

On May 22, 2008, at 9:29 PM, [SiN] wrote:

> nessus knows a few systems within a range im scanning are in fact  
> printers and skip over them.  Though there are a few that it still  
> scans even though it knows its a printer
>
> Remote operating system : HP Deskjet 6127
> Confidence Level : 50
> Method : ICMP
>
> Not all fingerprints could give a match - please email the following  
> to [email protected] :
> HTTP:!:Server: Virata-EmWeb/R6_0_1
> SNMP:!:Desk of Tari Boh
>
>
> The remote host is running HP Deskjet 6127
>
> 3 of these printers are being scanned and printing junk
>
>
>
> 5 other printers are not
>
> Synopsis :
>
> The remote host appears to be a printer and will not be scanned.
>
> Description :
>
> The remote host appears to be a network printer or multi-function
> device. Such devices often react very poorly when scanned - some
> crash, others print a number of pages. To avoid problems, Nessus has
> marked the remote host as 'Dead' and will not scan it.
>
> Solution :
>
> If you are not concerned about such behavior, enable the 'Scan Network
> Printers' setting under the 'Do not scan fragile devices' advanced
> settings block and re-run the scan.
>
>
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