RE: Nessus against Novell file servers.

["Gonenc, Ozan" <ogonenc () adga ca>]

Hi John,

I have noticed Nessus to detect ports open to later report them as being closed, but not to the point that crashes the 
server itself.

I believe it may have to do with the service running at: 40193/tcp (Novell Netware IP).  Sending random packets to this 
port may cause the server to crash according to information available ala Google.


Ozan

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Ozan Gonenc
IT Security Specialist
AEPOS Technologies Corporation
http://www.aepos.com
 

-----Original Message-----
From: John Thomas [mailto:mjohn2000_99 () yahoo com]
Sent: March 12, 2005 04:49
To: pen-test () securityfocus com
Subject: Nessus against Novell file servers.




Hello everybody,
I was doing a vulnerability assessment on a production using Nessus(Only non-dangerous plugins were enabled) and some 
of the Novell file servers went down. I was forced to stop the test. 

Have anyone experienced the Novell problem with Nessus? What can do to stop crashing these servers?  

Thanks in advance 

John