Michel Arboi wrote:
>>1. When you click on "Enable all", the list of plugins is not updated, i.e.
>>DoS-Tests are still disabled on screen. I think this is very
>>critical!
>>
>>
>If you click on another tab and come back, it will be.
>Not great but not "critical".
>
The criticality depends on whether the user relies on what he sees.
>Tooltip would be great, I agree. V2? V1.4?
>
There are already some tooltips available - e.g. some help is given if
you move the cursor to the "save check" field. Thus, it shouldn't be too
difficult to add similar help texts to other fields.
>An integrist test is a test written by me that destroy the root of
>your root server if it is not protected against the DELETE method :-]
>
Ahhh, .... well .... so what does it do? It sounds like just another
plugin. Why does it require an extra entry in the frontend?
>> - Do I have to specify user names if the SMB plugins can retrieve a list
>>of users from a Windows machine?
>>
>>
>No, AFAIK.
>
That means I have to run Nessus twice to get reasonable results?
>> - Why do I have to select "Save checks" if I disabled dangerous plugins?
>>
>>
>If you click "safe checks", it will do more that just disable
>"dangerous plugins". "Not so dangerous plugins" will behave
>themselves.
>
>"Dangerous plugins" = ACT_DENIAL + ACT_MIXED_ATTACK
>
>
>Safe_checks => disable dangerous plugins + make the safe_checks
>function returns "True", so that most plugins will only verify the
>service banner.
>
not ("dangerous plugins") != "undangerous plugins" ???
Does that mean you do not really trust your own classification?
Michael
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