On Wed, Sep 04, 2002 at 02:37:25PM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> it seems that there are situations, when the anonymous-ftp check in Nessus
> gives false negatives. We have the case of a printer, in which the
> login to an ftp server does not require a password:
> 
> > ftp x.x.x.x
> Connected to x.x.x.x
> 220 FTP server ready
> User (y.y.y.y:(none)): anonymous
> 230 Password not required for anonymous
> ftp>
> 
> The nessus plugin, which uses the NASL function "ftp_log_in" does
> not catch this anonymous ftp, because ftp_log_in (judging from the
> source code) expects the ftp server to request a password
> (331 Guest login ok, type name and password).
> 
> Maybe ftp_log_in should be corrected to also take into account
> situations as described above?

Fixed in the CVS, thanks.
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