Nessus plugin dependencies

Hello,

I would like to ask you about plugins dependencies. I just created a
Nessus rc file with a couple of rules activated (say 258) in the PLUGIN
section:

begin(PLUGIN_SET)
        <ruleId1> = yes
        <ruleId1> = yes
...
        <ruleId258> = yes
end(PLUGIN_SET)

for the rest of the plugins I just didn’t set anything. I also set:

        auto_enable_dependencies = yes
        silent_dependencies = yes

in the SERVER_PREFS section.

When I run Nessus I found that it changes the file adding lots of rules
(10K+). The question is, all that 10K+ rules are needed by dependencies?
do Nessus uses a default configuration (enable/disable) for plugins that
are not explicitly enabled?

What configuration should I use to make Nessus run all the test I want
(those 258) and all necessary dependencies but not any other plugin?

BTW, I could not find information about silent_dependencies option,
what's exactly for?

Thank you.

Regards,
-- 
                                        Federico Petronio
                                        petrus@activesec.biz
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