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Empty report

Subject: Empty report
Date: Fri, 25 Nov 2005 11:30:36 +0100
Hi all!

I'm a newbie and maybe my problem is easy to solve, but I can't.

I've downloaded version 2.2.6 of nessus and installed it. The server is
running and the client is running.

I told the client to scan 172.21.1.1 and I get the message "nessus returned
an empty report".

The logfile says:


[Fri Nov 25 11:12:05 2005][10924] user jm : attempted to gain more rights
by adding accept 172.21.1.1/32
[Fri Nov 25 11:12:05 2005][10924] user jm : attempted to gain more rights
by adding accept 172.21.1.254/32
[Fri Nov 25 11:12:05 2005][10924] user jm : session will be saved as
/usr/local/var/nessus/users/jm/sessions/20051125-111205-index
[Fri Nov 25 11:12:05 2005][10924] user jm starts a new scan. Target(s) :
172.21.1.1/254, with max_hosts = 2 and max_checks = 4
[Fri Nov 25 11:12:15 2005][10924] user jm : testing 172.21.1.1 (172.21.1.1)
[10932]
[Fri Nov 25 11:12:25 2005][10924] user jm : rejected attempt to scan
172.21.1.2
[Fri Nov 25 11:12:25 2005][10932] user jm : launching ssh_settings.nasl
against 172.21.1.1 [10933]
[Fri Nov 25 11:12:26 2005][10932] ssh_settings.nasl (process 10933)
finished its job in 0.208 seconds
[Fri Nov 25 11:12:26 2005][10932] user jm : launching ping_host.nasl
against 172.21.1.1 [10934]
[Fri Nov 25 11:12:28 2005][10932] ping_host.nasl (process 10934) finished
its job in 2.699 seconds
[Fri Nov 25 11:12:28 2005][10932] user jm : launching synscan.nes against
172.21.1.1 [10935]
[Fri Nov 25 11:12:28 2005][10932] user jm : The remote host (172.21.1.1) is
dead
[Fri Nov 25 11:12:29 2005][10932] Finished testing 172.21.1.1. Time : 13.52
secs
[Fri Nov 25 11:12:29 2005][10924] user jm : test complete
[Fri Nov 25 11:12:29 2005][10924] user jm : Nothing interesting found -
deleting the session
[Fri Nov 25 11:12:29 2005][10924] Total time to scan all hosts : 24 seconds
[Fri Nov 25 11:12:29 2005][10924] user jm : Kept alive connection
<<<

But I can ping 172.21.1.1 an make a telnet-connection. 172.2.1.1 is not
dead!!!

Can anybody help me?

Juergen

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