Re: Port scanner range problem

Ron Gula <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.security.nessus.general
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Sylvain Lapendry wrote:
> Hi everyone,
> 
> I have a problem with the Nessus TCP scanner, especially with the port
> range. I just want to scan a few ports (ie 21, 22, 80), so I've only checked
> "Nessus TCP scanner", put 21,22,80 in "Port scanner range", and disable ALL
> the plugins. But when I start the scan, I can see some packets whose
> destinations are 123, 135, 445... Is the port scanner ranger really works ??
> 

Is the port scanner the only plugin you have enabled? It sounds like you might
have some other plugins working. You should also enabled the "consider unscanned
ports closed" setting.

Ron

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