RE: NTP - questions.

You can use telnet if you disable encryption for the Nessus server in
the /usr/local/etc/nessus/nessusd.conf
Set ssl_version=none
This way you can try the Nessus commands and get the idea how protocol
works.

Alex.
> Is it possible to test the Messusd Server using telnet?    If 
> you happen to knoe the NTP?    It would seem to me to be no 
> problem,  but the protocol explicitly states no "\n" character.   
> 
> Anyway,  I have yet to read the full white paper,  but this 
> question came to mind,  so I am asking it now.