>
> Nope, that is not a problem.

cool... thanks.
i'd still need some info about how and if i can get it to avoid these
false security holes...  it be nice for it to be able to detect those
things correctly...

any other ideas?

thanks....


>
> When the plugins fail due to an incompatibility with the Nessus engine,
> you
> may see thousands of errors.
>
> Rgs,
> Robert
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: kalin mintchev [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Monday, June 13, 2005 4:13 PM
> To: Robert Keith
> Subject: RE: reports
>
>
>>
>> Just to be sure, check the nessusd.dump log file.
>> Versions of nessus at release 2.0.x is no longer completely compatible
>> with
>> the current NASL library, and your results may be unpredictable.
>>
>> The dump file typically is at   /usr/local/var/nessus/logs
>
> what to look for there? there is only one line in it:
>
> [32385](/usr/local/lib/nessus/plugins/openlink_overflow.nasl) Undefined
> function 'cgi_dir'
>
> that's it...
>
> thanks..
>
>
>> Rgs,
>> Robert
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> On Behalf Of kalin mintchev
>> Sent: Monday, June 13, 2005 3:23 PM
>> To: [email protected]
>> Subject: reports
>>
>>
>> hi all...
>>
>> i just successfully installed and run a few audits..  i liked it but...
>>
>> i got a few false security holes so i was wondering why. where is nessus
>> getting its wrong information from?...
>>
>> for example i got a security hole warning for ssh on a freebsd machine.
>> it
>> says that the machine is running OpenSSH older then 3.7.1. it's not.
>> here:
>> # ssh -V
>> OpenSSH_3.9p1, OpenSSL 0.9.7d 17 Mar 2004
>>
>> and also i got a security hole for php 4.3 when the machine is running
>> 4.3.10
>> # php -v
>> PHP 4.3.10 (cli) (built: Feb 10 2005 14:16:46)
>> Copyright (c) 1997-2004 The PHP Group
>> Zend Engine v1.3.0, Copyright (c) 1998-2004 Zend Technologies
>>
>> is there a way to avoid those false positives?
>> like fine-tuning the scan maybe?
>>
>> the nessus server information is:
>> # nessus -v
>> nessus (Nessus) 2.0.10 for FreeBSD
>>
>> tha

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