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Re: Filter query

To: "George A. Theall" <theall@tenablesecurity.com>
Subject: Re: Filter query
From: Steven McIntosh <s.mcintosh@compserv.gla.ac.uk>
Date: Mon, 14 May 2007 10:05:02 +0100
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Thanks for the info George, that will save me a lot of grief.

Cheers,
Steve


George A. Theall wrote:
> On 05/11/07 10:09, Steven McIntosh wrote:
> 
>> I thought that nessus would still try and use those plugins if they
>> were enabled but with null
>> values. Is this wrong and nessus won't even attempt to use the plugins
>> if no credentials are given?
> 
> A few plugins will try to login but won't succeed if you don't provide
> credentials. Most, though, will either not be run or exit quickly,
> depending on whether you've configured the scan to be optimized.
> 
> George

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Steven McIntosh
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