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RE: Unknown function

Subject: RE: Unknown function
Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2007 16:44:17 +0100
One more follow-up question,

How come this is done "manually", rather than just invoking OpenSSH?
(especially considering the obvious multi-cipher support and other
benefits?)

Is this just for similar reasons to why using NMAP can be bad (40 hosts = 40
NMAP processes, = 40 x memory of one NMAP process etc. etc.) or is there a
more cunning reason?

I'm hoping that changing the tool is going to be easier than changing the
world...

Dom
Dom De Vitto  | Security Consultant
Virgin Media,  Crawley Court, Crawley, Winchester, Hants, SO21 2QA
M: 07855 805 271   D: 01483 87 5500   E: Dom.DeVitto@VirginMedia.co.uk
-----Original Message-----
From: nessus-bounces@list.nessus.org [mailto:nessus-bounces@list.nessus.org]
On Behalf Of Renaud Deraison
Sent: 10 June 2007 09:17
To: Nessus List
Subject: Re: Unknown function


On Jun 10, 2007, at 10:01 AM, Devitto, Dom wrote:

Two follow-ups to this:
1) Any plans to support SSHv1?
(or can I this be hack this in easily with unsupported botches? :-) )

No and no -- SSHv1 is a very different protocol, and you'd need to  
entirely rewrite ssh_func.inc



2) The Nessus_credial_checks.pdf says, under "What else can go  
wrong with my
host checks?" ...
"On UNIX systems, administrators that move SSH to ports other than 22"

But it appears that (now) Nessus can login whatever the SSH port  
used, as
long at detects (scans) the port that SSH is running on - correct?

This is correct. However if multiple SSH daemons are running on the  
remote host, then problems may occur.

have a good sunday,


                                -- Renaud
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