Re: Command line client showing wrong port range

On Jul 21, 2005, at 9:49, I am WE4SEL wrote:

> Hi List,
>
> actually this is not too much of a problem but still I'm wondering  
> why it is
> doing this.
>
> I have a configfile that the nessus command line client uses to get  
> the scan
> configuration. The scan itself is started like this:
>
>    nessus -T nbe -xqV -c <configfile> <server> <port> <user>  
> <password>
> <hostfile> <reportfile.nbe>
>
> Now, in my configfile it clearly says
>
>    port_range = 1-10000
>
> but the console output of nessus shows
>
>    portscan|<host>|0|65535
>    portscan|<host>|65535|65535

It's a trick to make sure the progress bar on the client is set to 0  
then to "the end" -- since some of the port scanners (ie: nmap) do  
not have the ability to tell you their exact status.

You're really scanning ports 1-10000.


                            -- Renaud
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