how to test jus 1 plug-in

[davenessus at davewking.com]

It looks like there's two plugins that perform this check in differnt 
ways.  Plugin 11847 called WinMX P2P check has no dependencies and 
relies on connecting to a port and looking the result.  This is probably 
the plugin that would be best for your needs.  You should be able to run 
this from the GUI and it will tell you if it finds anything.  If you 
want to run this from the command line, go to your plugins directory and 
run "nasl -t [your target] winmx_detect2.nasl".  Also, remember that 
just because it prints nothing doesn't mean it's not executing the scan, 
that could also mean it's being executed, but no vuln is being found on 
the scanned system.

The other plugin has a bunch of dependencies (it needs a valid login so 
it can check the registry over smb, it then runs the smb plugins, logs 
in and checks the registry).  It's plugin 11430 called WinMX is installed.

To get the most accurate results it wouldn't be a bad idea to run both 
of them, depending on your enviroment though you may not have access to 
an account that can read the registry from the host.

Laters,
Dave King
http://www.thesecure.net


Julien Sobrier wrote:

> davenessus at davewking.com wrote:
>
>> Hi-
>>    There are a couple of ways to go about this as far as I know.  
>> First, the reason your scan might be failing is because the plugin 
>> you are running relies on other plugins, and possibly the port scan 
>> for it to run.  So you may have to check enable dependencies and 
>> allow these checks to run before you can execute your plugin.  In the 
>> Nessus Network Auditing book there's a perl script that will list the 
>> dependencies the script you're looking at needs.
>>
>>    A second option is to run the plugin on the command line using the 
>> "nasl" utility.
>>
>>    If you send the name of the plugin you're trying to run I'm sure 
>> we could give you a more exact reason on why it's not working and 
>> possibly a solution.
>>
>> Later,
>> Dave King
>> www.thesecure.net
>
>
> I've tried with the first in the list: P2P, WinMX
>
> Thank you
> Julien
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