Re: Dangerous plugins?

Michel Arboi <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.security.nessus.general
Organization Nessus
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On Friday 10 October 2008 17:03:47 Dan Adie wrote:
> I noticed the "Enable all but dangerous plugins" is no longer an option in
> the latest Nessus Client.

This used to disable the dangerous scripts, from ACT_DESTRUCTIVE_ATTACK to 
ACT_FLOOD.
Safe checks disables these categories too, and change the behaviour of 
ACT_MIXED_ATTACK scripts. In fact, there are few ACT_MIXED scripts (I counted 
150)

> I have been asked to do a scan with Safe Checks off AND Dangerous plugins
> disabled. 

This does not really make sense.

> It looks to me that they are integrated into one option now. 

You are right. 
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