Re: Window checks over SSH

You would probably have to reconstruct all the tests, since they use a
different mechanism entirely. It might be possible to take the content of
the tests and then change them so they are working on localhost once you log
in

On 12/12/06, Patrice.Arnal@alcatel-lucent.fr <
Patrice.Arnal@alcatel-lucent.fr> wrote:
> Hello
>
> I want to check windows patch levels through Nessus.
> All ours servers ( Windows / Unix ) are running SSH without password ( key
> exchange ).
>
> >From the source of the plugins, confirmed by my checks, the "Microsoft
> Bulletins" family checks the
> credentials by "opening" the IPC$ share, providing login/password to do
> this.
> Obviously if you have only SSH credential, this does not work.
>
> Would it be possible to use ONLY SSH authentication on windows , the same
> way it's done on Linux / unixes
>
> Cordialement / Mit freundlichen Grüßen / Best regards,
>
> Patrice ARNAL
> Alcatel-Lucent
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Doug Nordwall
Unix, Network, and Security Administrator
Noise proves nothing. Often a hen who has merely laid an egg cackles as if
she laid an asteroid. -- Mark Twain

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