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Re: nessus exceptions


From: "Mr. Rufus Faloofus" <foofus () foofus net>
Date: Tue, 3 Aug 2004 16:01:37 -0500

On Mon, Aug 02, 2004 at 01:58:13PM -0500, Chris Griffin wrote:
Hi list,
Im trying to find some good holes, that aren't major security issues,

Those are not good holes.  :)

that i can create on a machine to see if our testing company really
uses anything other than nessus.

This plan has a flaw: what if they don't detect the holes?  It gives
you no information about whether or not they use anything besides 
Nessus; it only tells you that they didn't detect the hole.

A better plan might be to ask them which portions of their output
came from tools other than Nessus.

--Foofus.



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