On Mon, Jul 12, 2004 at 06:23:15PM +0000, oscar pimp wrote:
> While I was performing some testing on a network I normally run Nessus with
> "Enable all but dangerous" or "Enable Non-Dos "Windows Client"" I recently
> found that plug-ins in the "DoS" category are enabled. I'm wondering why
> these would be enabled? Are they enabled because they actually do not cause
> a DoS? Could someone please shine some light on this for me?
Some plugins in the DoS category only gather banner information (ie:
they tell you that the remote service is "DoS'able"). The Nessus server
can differenciate a destructive DoS plugin from a non-destructive based
on the flag in the plugin code, not in the plugin family name.
-- Renaud
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