On Friday 21 February 2003 12:12, Renaud Deraison wrote: > On Fri, Feb 21, 2003 at 11:45:40AM +0000, John Baker wrote: > > > Apparently you inserted a return-carriage in the target, and Nessus > > > could not resolve the name (it's a bug though, it should yell at you). > > > > Oh! I see! That's just my pasting :) It really puts: > > > > www.jackie-oliver.co.uk, with max_hosts = 30 > > > > in the logs. > > > > I think it's broken, perhaps it's a configuration error? This on version > > 1.2.7 > > Whatever it is, it means your name server can not resolve this host > name - be it a typo or whatever. This is not a bug in Nessus.
I'm also rather unconvinced it should do anything at all if it can't resolve the host. You can't scan a broadcast address, it just seems to make no sense. John -- John Baker, BSc CS. Java Developer, TEAM EAA.. http://www.teamenergy.com Views expressed in this mail are my own.
