False OS X detection with no report info

Richard Puerto <[email protected]> Tue, 17 Feb 2009 09:22:51 -0500
Newsgroups gmane.comp.security.nessus.general
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We have been getting some scan reports that show the host as OS X but then
no results information.  It seems that it is happening when the scanner
encounters ports on a switch that has port redirection enabled.

Does anyone know how to configure Nessus to ignore port redirection or OS X
scanning ?

Richard

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<div>We have been getting some scan reports that show the host as OS X but then no results information.&nbsp; It seems that it is happening when the scanner encounters ports on a switch that has port redirection enabled. </div>

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<div>Does anyone know how to configure Nessus to ignore port redirection or OS X scanning ?</div>
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<div>Richard</div>

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