Re: Problems with Nessus scanning a MacOS parallels Vista VM

Hi,

This is a known issue -- due to how Parallels/VMware shortcuts the OS  
with regards to network interfaces,  a Mac OS X host operating system  
can't ping a VM system running on it. Disable Ping (edit the policy - 
> options -> Ping the remote host and disable TCP, ARP and ICMP pings).



                                -- Renaud


On Oct 20, 2007, at 11:16 PM, Kayo Hisatomi wrote:

> Hi All,
>
>
> I'm having problems when trying to scan a Vista virtual machine  
> created by Parallels: Nessus client returns as if the host was  
> down, with no other message.
>
> The environment is:
>
> Guest OS: MacOS X Tiger (10.4.10)
> Virtual Machine: Vista created with Parallels Desktop 3.0, with  
> bridged network
>
> Nessus 3.0 is running on the OSX guest OS.
>
> I can ping and normally access Vista, but Nessus cannot scan it.
>
>
> Did anybody have a problem like this? Found a solution?
>
>
> Many thanks.
>
>
>
>
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