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Exclude top-level domain wildcard hosts

info Nessus Plugin ID 11840

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Synopsis

This plugin prevents scanning of top-level domain wildcard hosts.

Description

This host has an IP address known to be a wildcard record for a top- level domain (TLD) or for a host within the 'nessus.org' domain. It has been blacklisted and will not be scanned.

Solution

Make sure that you entered the name / IP address correctly.

See Also

http://www.icann.org/en/committees/security/sac015.htm

Plugin Details

Severity: Info

ID: 11840

File Name: TLD_wildcard.nasl

Version: Revision: 1.17

Type: remote

Family: Settings

Published: 9/18/2003

Updated: 3/11/2011

Supported Sensors: Nessus