[nexpose-users] How to scan hosts that do not reply to ICMP pings?

[Will Vandevanter]

Hey Matthew,

  Adjusting your nmap conifguration should allow you to do host discovery using a method other than ICMP. Specifically, the -PS/PA/PU/PY[portlist] flag in nmap will determine if a device is alive using TCP SYN/ACK, UDP, and SCTP respectively to the given portlist.

-Will

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Subject: [nexpose-users] How to scan hosts that do not reply to ICMP pings?

Apologies if this has been asked before I did try searching for an answer as I'm sure its a common Q.

I understand nexpose community edtion does not allow you to edit the scan templates to alter the host detection setting which is set  to require  a reply to a icmp ping to ensure the target is alive. Is there anyway in the community version to workaround this ?- I did try using the msf console to import a nmap scan but it appears it still pings the target to see if it is alive.

thanks
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