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Re: nessus exceptions


From: Paul Johnston <paul () westpoint ltd uk>
Date: Wed, 04 Aug 2004 11:54:34 +0100

Hi,

Perhaps you could try setting up an IIS specific vulnerability, e.g. iis_authentification_manager.nasl but use URL scan to rewrite the Server: header to say Apache. An optimized Nessus test will miss this; optimization is on by default.

Regards,

Paul


Chris Griffin wrote:

Hi list,
Im trying to find some good holes, that aren't major security issues,
that i can create on a machine to see if our testing company really
uses anything other than nessus.




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