On Fri, Jan 23, 2004 at 03:46:08PM -0700, Brecrost Jones wrote:
> I'm sorry if this is not the right place for this question, but I'm curious 
> (and a little concerned) about how the office_files.nasl plugin works.  If 
> I have directory listings turned off on my webserver, how is this plugin 
> able to find arbitrarily named .doc, .xls, .pdf, etc. files?
> 
> I know security by obscurity is a bad idea, but I'm curious how this plugin 
> can find my lksjlksjdflksjlk.pdf file?

What kind of web server are you running, and where is the file stored ?
(ie: under which directory). Nessus's web crawler includes some commands
to force a directory listing, and that sometimes work.
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