Re: nessus port 8834 not in service list

[Vlatko Kosturjak <kost () linux hr>]

On 05/12/2011 01:01 AM, David Fifield wrote:
> On Tue, May 10, 2011 at 06:10:41PM +0100, Robin Wood wrote:
> > The new(ish) Nessus port of 8834 isn't included in the nmap services file:
> >
> > grep 8834 /usr/local/share/nmap/nmap-services
> > unknown      18834/udp       0.000654
>
> Can you tell a little more about this port? We currently have
>
> nessus  1241/tcp        0.000113        # Nessus or remote message server
> nessus  1241/udp        0.000330
> nessus  3001/tcp        0.003124        # Nessus Security Scanner (www.nessus.org) Daemon or chili!soft asp
>
> If this is a different protocol, I tend to think it should have a
> different name. Is it a control port, or the same as one of these other
> ports, or something else? (Probably there are some Nessus users who can
> say something about it.)

It's Nessus XML RPC protocol working on 8834 over HTTP. It will
eventually replace legacy NTP (1241)...

Kost
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