Re: Nessus KB saving filename issue [PATCH]

Hi Hubert,


On Jan 16, 2007, at 1:54 PM, Hubert Seiwert wrote:

> Hi,
>
> the KB files saved by Nessus 2.2.9 in /var/nessus/users/[user]/kbs (if
> save_knowledge_base is enabled in the Nessusrc) are named according  
> to the
> hostname of the target being scanned.
>
> This can cause problems if several different targets with different  
> IPs, but
> sharing the same hostnames (e.g. load balanced servers) are scanned  
> from one
> Nessusd host, as the KB files overwrite each other and so scan  
> results are lost
> or potentially mixed up if the KB files are needed for later  
> processing (e.g.
> for parsing information out of them or for the "resume scans"  
> Nessus feature).
>
> To address this Richard Moore and I developed the attached patches  
> for Nessus
> 2.2.9 which change the naming to /var/nessus/users/[user]/kbs/[host] 
> _[ip] to
> avoid any ambiguity.


Thanks for your patch ! I'll review it and include it in Nessus 2.2.10.



				-- Renaud


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