Could we design a method to determine the equivalent of a 404? Some servers give the default page back, some no page, etc.
Could we make the plugin recognize that it's getting the same response for each request and label that a 404 not found by default? Matt ----- Original Message ----- From: "Renaud Deraison" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, August 26, 2002 4:47 PM Subject: The 'no404' issue > > > Today, when a web server does not reply with a 404 error code, many > plugins issue false positives. So many in fact, that the report becomes > unusable. > > Question: if Nessus detects that a web server does not respect the HTTP > protocol, and therefore does not reply properly to the requests, should > it disable all the CGI checks altogether and issue a big fat warning > explaining why the web server was not tested instead ? > > > > -- Renaud > - > [EMAIL PROTECTED]: general discussions about Nessus. > * To unsubscribe, send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with > "unsubscribe nessus" in the body. > - [EMAIL PROTECTED]: general discussions about Nessus. * To unsubscribe, send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe nessus" in the body.
