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.

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