On Friday 08 May 2009 10:29:12 Michael Meyer wrote:
> Yes, banner checks are prone to false positives. There are a few
> thinks we can do.
>
> 1.
> Respekt settings of "report_paranoia".
> We can do:
>
> ,--|
>
> | if (report_paranoia < 2) exit(0);"
>
> `--|

I think using the "report_paranoia" is not a good idea.
This setting is too unspecific and undocumented.

With the "severity overrides" feature the user can mark certain nvts as false 
positives.

Like mime, I would rather add a note to the message.

--felix

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