On Mon, Feb 17, 2003 at 06:56:29PM +0100, Hugo van der Kooij wrote:

> On Mon, 17 Feb 2003 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> 
> > > This question was raised several times in this mailing list.
> > > Should it be included in the Nessus FAQ?
> > 
> > I think that it is a good idea. :)
> 
> As soon as there is an answer that goes with the question.

Well, I humbly suggest an answer would be to use my update-nessusrc
script to enable all types of plugins. 

Speaking of the FAQ, perhaps you would also consider adding something along
the lines of:

                            --- snip, snip, snip ---

Q.  I'm trying to use nessus-mkcert to generate a server cert yet it
fails with a message that reads in part:

   xxxx:error:0D11A0A3:asn1 encoding routines:ASN1_mbstring_copy:string too
   long:a_mbstr.c:154:maxsize=64

What's wrong?

A. The hostname for your machine is longer than 36 characters.  This
presents a problem when nessus-mkcert tries to generate a certificate
request, since it uses the string "Certification Authority for " plus
the hostname for the attribute organizationalUnitName, which by default
is restricted to 64 characters.  A work-around is to edit nessus-mkcert
and globally remove the strings " for $hostname"; there are two places
it's actively used - once with the certificate authority and another
with the server certificate. 

                            --- snip, snip, snip ---

George
-- 
[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Attachment: msg03651/pgp00000.pgp
Description: PGP signature

Reply via email to