I'm having the same issue with NeWT (fully licensed version) on a WinXP
PC. I went ahead and configured Nessus3 on Fedora Core4 and it works
without any problems. Not sure if that helps you or not, but I just
wanted to let you know that you're not the only one with a scan hanging
up when launched from NeWT.
- Chad
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[mailto:nessus-bounces@list.nessus.org] On Behalf Of Timothy Carroll
Sent: Thursday, April 06, 2006 8:37 AM
To: nessus@list.nessus.org
Subject: NeWT Question: NeWT hangs at 98/99%
Hello! I am demoing NeWT based on a recommendation from a colleague. I
am having a problem with NeWT locking up in the middle of a scan.
First, I was using the free (class C only) version and when run from my
Server 2003 boxes (I tried four different boxes), NeWT would stop
somewhere between 30% and 40% when doing the "all but dangerous plugins"
scan. I would let it run 2-3 days just to make sure, but it wouldn't
budge. It appears to just have hung. If I ran the scan from an XP SP2
workstation, I had no problems. This was an annoyance because the
workstations are on a different VLAN (and different class C), so I had
to put my workstation on the server VLAN. But I digress.
I spoke with sales and got a 30 day demo code to run the full version of
NeWT. Now, from Server 2003 it gets to about 98% and hangs. Same
symptoms, just further along. I can't try the full version on my XP box
because the NeWT registration code is keyed to the machine name.
I'm not sure why adding a registration code would change when the
program locked up, but it did.
But either way, I'd like to run this from one of my Server 2003 boxes
because they stay on 24/7 and somebody can't bump the power switch or
whatever since it's locked in the server room.
Any ideas?
Timothy P. Carroll
MCSE: Security, Security+
Network Engineer
XS, Inc.
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