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Re: port scan and plugin selection

Subject: Re: port scan and plugin selection
Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2007 23:18:44 +0200
Le Thu, 28 Jun 2007 17:03:15 -0400,
Will Cladek <william.cladek@nrl.navy.mil> a écrit :

How does the port scan portion of Nessus affect the plugins used?
Are plugins only run against ports that are found to be open?

No, most plugins are also run against a default port.
Anyway, find_service only run on open ports, and service identification
is necessary for many plugins. Disabling all port scanners is
definitely a bad idea.

If port scanning is disabled, are all plugins run by default?
 How does the "Safe checks" option relate to this?

There is no direct relationship in either case.
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