Re: Skype detection

Ron Gula <[email protected]> Mon, 01 Dec 2008 11:09:28 -0500
Newsgroups gmane.comp.security.nessus.general
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Lachance wrote:
> Actually, this is an authenticated (credentials supplied) scan, so I guess I really only need to select "netstat portsscanner (WMI)" as the port scanner to use.  The only plugins selected are the ones I found using the search for the word "skype".
> 
> When I scan the one machine that has Skype installed, I get nothing at all returned.  I'm wondering if there is a plugin that I should have selected that the Skype detection is dependent on.  Any ideas?
> 
> Thanks,
>  
> François 

When you are selecting just the plugins with the name
"Skype" in them, you should also be sure to enable plugin
dependencies. These Skype plugins you are selecting
are likely dependent on other plugins which might not
get executed with your minimal scan.

Ron Gula
Tenable Network Security

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