Re: nessus not finding tcp port 443 even though this is definitely active

On 11/30/07 14:45, IMAP Oskar wrote:

> Nessus is not finding port 443 on a device on which I know it is open, 
...
> Anybody any ideas to the why ?
...
> Ping the remote host[entry]:TCP ping destination port(s) : = built-in
> Ping the remote host[entry]:TCP ping destination port(s) : = extended
> Ping the remote host[entry]:TCP ping destination port(s) : = 
> "21;22;23;25;53;69;79;80;110;111;113;123;135;137;138;139;143;161;256;259;264;265;389;443;445;497;500;515;548;900;953;981;993;1025;1028;1029;1080;1201;1241;1433;1454;1723;1900;1917;2809;2869;2998;3128;3389;4100;5000;5600;8000;8080;9001;9100;9495;18182;65553"

These are only used by ping_host.nasl to determine whether a target is 
up, not necessarily detect a service.

> # This file was automagically created by nessus
> nessusd_user = tst
> nessusd_host = 127.0.0.1
> begin(PLUGIN_PREFS)
...
> end(PLUGIN_PREFS)
>
> begin(PLUGIN_SET)
> ...................removed (all yes except for the DOS ones)
>
> end(PLUGIN_SET)
>
> begin(PLUGINS_PREFS)

You have two PLUGINS_PREFS blocks instead of just one. Merge them and 
pay particular attention to your choice of the "Services[radio]:Test SSL 
based services" option.

>  server_info_nessusd_version = 3.0.1

This is a bit old.

George
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theall@tenablesecurity.com
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