[Openvas-discuss] Firewall scanning

[Tom Powers]

Sound Solutions, Inc.
8400 Highland Dr.
Wausau, WI 54401
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Yeah...but the Qualys scanner we use does find stuff on that firewall....so I'm thinking I have something setup wrong on my OpenVAS 

-----Original Message-----
From: Scott Damron [mailto:sdamron at gmail.com] 
Sent: Monday, October 25, 2010 11:24 AM
To: Tom Powers
Cc: openvas-discuss at wald.intevation.org
Subject: Re: [Openvas-discuss] Firewall scanning

Not finding anything on an external firewall is generally a good thing...

On Mon, Oct 25, 2010 at 11:12 AM, Tom Powers <tomp at sound-solutions.biz> wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> Anyone have any good tips for scanning firewalls from the outside. I'm 
> at a remote office, trying to scan the firewall at our main office 
> with OpenVAS
> 3 on ubuntu 10.04.
>
>  Internal scans are AWESOME and find more than I though they would. 
> External scans (with default settings) against the firewall's external 
> IP addresses return absolutely nothing.
>
> I am accessing the home office firewall, from the outside, using the 
> branch office internet connection (which is seperate from the 
> network). The home office firewall external addresses to not respond 
> to a ping (they are configured that way)...and I think that may be the 
> issue for the portscanners?
>
> Any good configuration tips to get this to go?
> All help is appreciated
> Thanks
> Tom P
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