Re: Port Scanner Questions

Michel Arboi <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.security.nessus.general
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Larry Petty a écrit :
> If both the Nessus TCP scanner and the SYN scanner is enabled, does 
> Nessus perform two port scans?

Yes. This is not necessary. Choose only one of them.

> What is the recommended setting for "Nessus TCP scanner[radio]:Firewall 
> detection : = Automatic (normal)" when doing external scans from the 
> Internet?

The default setting should work. If you do not scan BSD-like systems 
(BSD, Solaris..), you may switch it to "Do not detect RST rate 
limitation", the results will be more reliable.
http://ma75.blogspot.com/2008/03/nessus-32-is-out.html

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