Jay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > If that doesn't work, then check out your > /usr/local/etc/nessus/nessusd.conf file on the server. There should be an > option called "force_pubkey_auth = yes" -- just comment out (#) that line > and reload nessusd. You should then be able to make the telnet connection.
No.He said he was running Nessus 1.1.x, and the connection is always enciphered with SSL. A way to do it would be to configure Nessus without the SSL layer, or run the latest CVS version and set "ssl_version=no" in nessusd.conf > As a general reminder/note - everything sent with telnet is clear text. > Hopefully in the future my Python script will support certs and keys for > auth - but for now, it doesn't. If there is a SSL library for Python, you should try to use it.
