On Fri, 5 Oct 2007 11:43:47 +0200 "Kevin Mc Grath" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I hope someone can enlighten me about the "thorough tests" option. In practice, "thorough tests" sets a KB key which is used by global_settings.inc to set (or no) the "thorough_tests" variable. So the effect depends upon the script. - some slow scripts are entirely disabled if thorough tests is not set - some service detection scripts only checks a default port in normal mode, and checks all unknown ports in thorough mode. - some scripts run longer tests in thorough mode. fgrep -rl thorough_tests /opt/nessus/lib/nessus/plugins will list the scripts which use this. > Why should this option be enabled? If you have time and want deeper results. However, the difference is small (or zero) in most situations, that's why it is disabled by default. It might be more intrusive too (mainly because of some service detection scripts). Plus: - more complete results Minus: - slower - more intrusive _______________________________________________ Nessus mailing list [email protected] http://mail.nessus.org/mailman/listinfo/nessus
