Hello I have a question about the Nessus Compliance Check White Paper, on page 21 under the Reg Check topic there is the following statement "This policy item checks if the registry key (or item) exists or not. The check is performed by calling the functions RegOpenKey and RegQueryValue."
Does this limit any checks created with this function to only be able to check 16 bit Window system? The following link seams to say that http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms724895.aspx The RegOpenKey function uses the default security access mask to open a key. If opening the key requires a different access right, the function fails, returning ERROR_ACCESS_DENIED. An application should use the RegOpenKeyEx function to specify an access mask in this situation. This function is provided only for compatibility with 16-bit versions of Windows. Applications should use the RegOpenKeyEx function. Take Care and Have Fun --John _______________________________________________ Nessus mailing list [email protected] http://mail.nessus.org/mailman/listinfo/nessus
