I find myself in the same position; this will be very useful to me. Thanks!!
Justin R. Northcraft, GSEC, CNA Systems Consultant Clifton Gunderson Technology Solutions 7670 E. Broadway Suite 308 Tucson, Arizona 85710 Office: 520.290.8870 x103 Fax: 520.290.0062 Cell: 520.991.6910 http://www.cliftontechnology.om -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2004 12:20 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: safe option for nessus-update-plugins Hello all, When performing assessments, I usually strip out all aggressive plugins from nessus. This extra step is taken as a "cya" just in case things go amiss during an assessment. With that in mind, I added an additional flag to nessus-update-plugins. This flag, -s, will not change the normal process of updating plugins, but will take the additional step of removing all plugins categorized as dangerous, ie. ACT_DENIAL, ACT_KILL_HOST and ACT_DESTRUCTIVE_ATTACK from the nessus plugins dir. I plan on incorporating this into my scanning process and would be interested in hearing if others would find this useful. I've attached a patch for those interested. -dave _______________________________________________ Nessus mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.nessus.org/mailman/listinfo/nessus
