Basically I'm trying to figure out how Nessus determines a host is 'alive' and
then if it is alive, how does it determine if a port is open or not.
It's not for me, it's for a vendor that is being rather 'difficult'.
-Eric
:>"Eric Whitehill" <EWhitehill@eidebailly.com> a écrit :
:>
:>> I am looking for specific information on how Nessus performs TCP
:>> discovery when performing a scan.
:>
:>What do you mean by "TCP discovery"??
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