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

[Matthew Whitehead]

Will,
    thank you for the reply. I may have confused the issue by mentioning the
nmap scan. I can perform the scan via the msf console using nmap with the no
ping option and get the results, just when I then launch the nexpose scan it
only scan the host which reply to pings. My question is:

 using the community edition of  nexpose (either through the web gui or the
msf console) how do I scan targets that do not reply to icmp pings?

many thanks
Matt

On 7 May 2010 17:13, Will Vandevanter <Will_Vandevanter at rapid7.com> wrote:

>  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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> *From:* nexpose-users-bounces at lists.rapid7.com [
> nexpose-users-bounces at lists.rapid7.com] On Behalf Of Matthew Whitehead [
> watcher60 at gmail.com]
> *Sent:* Friday, May 07, 2010 11:45 AM
> *To:* nexpose-users at lists.rapid7.com
> *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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