Re: [Plugins-writers] Checking NAV

From: Renaud Deraison (deraison@private)
Date: Sun Jan 02 2005 - 10:17:55 PST


On Sun, Jan 02, 2005 at 04:40:34PM +0200, Uri Gilad wrote:
> 1. The logging in problem - which is something in the nessus-engine. 

... or in the config of the remote host.

> 2. The problem of knowing the most updated version of the DATs. 
> 
> I am assuming the tenable team is working on #1, so here is a question
> about #2 :
> 
> Suppose we get all the correct files into the plugin code, the will
> remain a challenge of
> chasing the DAT file versions. As far as I can see from current code,
> the plugin contains the date statically in the nasl code.
> Is it possible for the plugin to "include" a file which I will be
> dynamically update (using a deamon looking at the vendors web sites).
> This file will contain the relevant date/version info for the dat ?

The plugin is updated regularly. Run nessus-update-plugins and you'll
have the latest checks.


				-- Renaud
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