On Fri, 2003-09-26 at 06:17, Albert Whale wrote: > Albert Whale wrote: > > > > > > > Vincent Danen wrote: > > > >> Smarter minds than mine will have to figure that out. I've used > >> nessus for > >> scanning a few times, but never really looked at it's internals. I'm > >> sure > >> you could probably accomplish something with NASL (I think that's > >> what their > >> scripting language is called). > >> > >> It would actually be pretty simple (I would think) to "ask" > >> MandrakeSecure > >> about a CVE name and see if returns a mandrake advisory number and > >> (for the > >> GUI junkies out there) make it a clickable link to the web advisory. > >> > >> > >> > > That's an excellent Idea. > > > Does this function exist? Because if it was available and produced the > recommended RPM List (per the OS requested from the > /etc/mandrake-release), we could automate this issue for Nessus.
It doesn't exist, which is why I was asking about Nessus' backend. Unfortunately I need to go to work now and build a class calendar system :-) I'm interested in doing it, but it'll take me a while to get to it. -- Jack Coates Monkeynoodle: A Scientific Venture...
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