Re: dns_fingerprint.nasl - silent exit after 3 timeouts, why?

George Theall <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.security.nessus.devel
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On Tue, Jul 20, 2004 at 01:49:25PM -0400, Renaud Deraison wrote:

> So this plugin is a perfect example of a speed vs. accuracy conflict we
> often hit.

Shouldn't the primary concern in writing a plugin be accuracy?

For example, a couple of my plugins scan web directories looking for
particular versions of software.  Once found, KB entries are added and
the plugins exit.  I've been bothered by the fact this misses any
subsequent installs that might exist in alternate directories and have
been pondering scanning all directories and coping with multiple
installs even though I expect few targets to have two or more instances. 
In my mind, this seems like a good thing even though it will of course
increase scan times.  Doesn't this seem like a good tradeoff to make?

George
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