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Re: Default password attempting

Subject: Re: Default password attempting
Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2006 21:42:50 -0500
On Wed, Feb 22, 2006 at 01:10:16PM -0500, Youngstrom.Timothy wrote:

I need to verify the number of login attempts that a fresh unmodified
install of Nessus makes.

There's no single answer; it depends on the plugins available on your
server, which specific plugins you enable, how you configure your scan,
which ports are determined to be open on the targets, etc.

If all Hydra brute force settings are
configured to 'No' will there be ANY user ids and password combinations
submitted to a machine including a blank password for login to the
machine, ftp, mail etc?

Sure. There are plenty of plugins that will try to authenticate in some
fashion using known or common credentials; eg, account_*.nasl and
mssql_brute_force.nasl (despite its name, it tries only 10 user/password
combinations).

George
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