Hi,
On Fri, Jan 13, 2006 at 01:24:51PM -0000, Nelson, C.M. wrote:
> Some observations about 1.0.0RC3 client:
>
> * Non-default preferences for Nmap (NASL wrapper) set under global
> settings are not remembered between sessions.
confirmed.
> * If non-default preferences are set for Nmap (NASL wrapper) under
> global settings, and then a new task is created, the new task has the
> default settings not the modified ones.
confirmed.
> * Toggling the auto connection preference does not seem to have any
> affect (I think).
The users manual says:
| Automatically connect If this setting is enabled, the NessusClient will
| try to connect to the server when a scope is executed. For user
| certificates without a password, this will work immediately. For
| password protected user certificates or simple password based
| authentication, the password will be stored in memory after a successful
| login until NessusClient is closed.
Does this clarify or do you have a proposal to improve the manual text?
> (Comment: I never liked the way preference changes were only saved if a
> scan had been run under the old Nessus client. I would rather see
> preferences saved to file immediately as they are changed or via an
> explicit save preferences operation. I hope the new client is/will be
> less arcane.)
This is a conceptual weakness NessusClient inherited from the old
GTK Client (where you only had a single session). And the two above
confirmed problems are directly related to this.
I agree that this should be changed to explicit save operation.
However, I am afraid this will be a more comprehensive change and
I don't think it is feasible for 1.0.0.
But I added a TODO file to NessusClient to not forget this item.
Best
Jan
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