On Thu, Aug 19, 2004 at 12:37:54PM +0200, Marc Haber wrote: > - What is the key to sort both plugin class list and detailed plugin > list in the GUI's plugin selection screen? Is it configurable how the > list is sorted?
I don't think there's any way to do this without mucking with the source, and unfortunately I don't know how to do it. > - When I click on a plugin in the GUI, a new window opens with the > plugin description. That window's text area showing he plugin warning > is often to narrow. Can I influence the geometry of that window, and > can the nessus GUI be configured to use only one window to display the > currently selected plugin's characteristics? Same as above. > - The HTML report doesn't seem to display the plugin name. When I want > to turn off a plugin that generates too many false alarms, I need to > use the nessus plugin ID. Can I configure nessus to include the plugin > name in the report? Save as above. > - The HTML report links the Nessus ID to > http://cgi.nessus.org/nessus_id.php3?id=$ID which seems to always lead > to "View the source of this plugin 0 here" This happens if either the plugin was written in C or the plugin has been removed / renumbered. The latter has been happening alot recently, essentially every time a plugin is revised. > - Is there any chance to determine what exactly a plugin does (like > "this plugin connects to an http tcp port and sends a http request for > /foo/bar/baz" or "this plugin retrieves the HKEY_FOO from the remote > registry") short of looking at the sources? Not really. Some plugins have associated user-contributed notes; eg, http://cgi.nessus.org/plugins/dump.php3?id=12209 which may have this information, but the best bet is look at the source. > - Is there a bugzilla or kind of central wishlist and bug management? Yes - http://bugs.nessus.org/ George -- [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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