I did a couple scans recently with 1.2.7 and it actually scanned slower. ~Kevin Davis�
What could possibly go wrong? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Renaud Deraison" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, December 17, 2002 12:56 PM Subject: Nessus 1.2.7 is out > > > Hello, > > > I'm pleased to announce the availability of Nessus 1.2.7. This new version > is supposed to go faster than the previous one, and it fixes several > small bugs that could have been an annoyance in the past. It also make > nmap_wrapper.nes compatible with Nmap 3.10ALPHA. > > > I would also like to point out the fact that a new web site has been set up - > http://bugs.nessus.org/. Please, each time you encounter a bug, fill a report > there. > > > > What is new in Nessus 1.2.7, in comparison to 1.2.6 : > > * changes by Renaud Deraison (deraison at cvs.nessus.org) > + Optimized several plugins : > o Web-related checks now use http_recv() instead of recv() > o open_priv_sock_tcp() has a lower timeout > o RPC related checks now use get_rpc_port(), a function > equivalent to libc's getrpcport() but with a much > smaller timeout > o Decreased the default value of checks_read_timeout from > 15 to 5 > + Fixed a bug in the plugin selection GUI which would not > refresh the list of plugins of a given family properly > (bug#3) > + Fixed memory leaks in NASL > + Fixed a bug in nessusd which would make it leak memory when > receiving a SIGHUP ([14]bug#10) > + Fixed a compatibility problem with Nmap 3.10ALPHA > ([15]bug#11) > + Nessus now accepts nmap's U: and T: notation for the port > range ([16]bug#5) > + The 'cancel' button of several file selection dialogs of the > client is now working > * changes by Erik Anderson (eanders at pobox.com) > + Added CVE and BID links, added urls and removed dead links > from the plugins > * changes by Michel Scheidell (scheidell at secnap.net) > + Improved several SMB-related checks > * changes by Rodolfo Baader (rbaader at activesec.biz) > + Quotes and apostrophes are properly escaped in the XML output > report > > > Nessus 1.2.7 is available at ftp://ftp.nessus.org/pub/nessus/nessus-1.2.7/ > and http://www.nessus.org/posix.html > > > > -- Renaud > > -- > Renaud Deraison > The Nessus Project > http://www.nessus.org > - > [EMAIL PROTECTED]: general discussions about Nessus. > * To unsubscribe, send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with > "unsubscribe nessus" in the body. - [EMAIL PROTECTED]: general discussions about Nessus. * To unsubscribe, send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe nessus" in the body.
