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Create a new brute category for brute forcing scripts, move the *-brute scripts from auth category to brute. document it. I don't know what to do with dns-brute so I left it alone (it wasn't in auth category either)

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fyodor
2011-09-30 06:18:55 +00:00
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@@ -231,6 +231,7 @@ Black Hat Briefings in 2010.</para>
Currently defined categories are
<literal>auth</literal>,
<literal>broadcast</literal>,
<literal>brute</literal>,
<literal>default</literal>.
<literal>discovery</literal>,
<literal>dos</literal>,
@@ -252,8 +253,7 @@ Black Hat Briefings in 2010.</para>
<option>auth</option>
</term>
<listitem>
<para>These scripts try to determine authentication credentials
on the target system, often through a brute-force attack. Examples include <literal>snmp-brute</literal>, <literal>http-auth</literal>, and <literal>ftp-anon</literal>.</para>
<para>These scripts deal with authentication credentials (or bypassing them) on the target system. Examples include <literal>x11-access</literal>, <literal>ftp-anon</literal>, and <literal>oracle-enum-users</literal>. Scripts which use brute force attacks to determine credentials are placed in the <literal>brute</literal> category instead.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
@@ -272,6 +272,16 @@ Black Hat Briefings in 2010.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<indexterm><primary sortas="brute script category">&ldquo;<literal>brute</literal>&rdquo; script category</primary></indexterm>
<option>brute</option>
</term>
<listitem>
<para>These scripts use brute force attacks to guess authentication credentials of a remote server. Nmap contains scripts for brute forcing dozens of protocols, including <literal>http-brute</literal>, <literal>oracle-brute</literal>, <literal>snmp-brute</literal>, etc.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<indexterm><primary sortas="default script category">&ldquo;<literal>default</literal>&rdquo; script category</primary></indexterm>