NNTP Service STARTTLS Command Support

info Nessus Plugin ID 42086

Synopsis

The remote news service supports encrypting traffic.

Description

The remote NNTP service supports the use of the 'STARTTLS' command to switch from a cleartext to an encrypted communications channel.

See Also

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/STARTTLS

https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4642

Plugin Details

Severity: Info

ID: 42086

File Name: nntp_starttls.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: remote

Family: General

Published: 10/9/2009

Updated: 2/24/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Vulnerability Information

Excluded KB Items: global_settings/disable_test_ssl_based_services