On Thu, Jul 17, 2003 at 12:03:11PM -0500, EnergyLad wrote:
>
> When Nessus successfully downloads a file from an ftp server, or some
> other source, does the data ever leave nessusd's memory? Does the transfer
> ever even complete? Which is to say, I cannot see anywhere that it might
> be writing the files, but before deploying this at a client site it would
> be nice to know for sure that my scanner won't become an archiver of
> customer data.
No it does not store anything. The content of some files (ie:
/etc/passwd) might appear in the reports though.
-- Renaud
