IRC Daemon STARTTLS Command Support

info Nessus Plugin ID 87817

Synopsis

The remote IRC daemon supports the encryption of traffic.

Description

The remote IRC daemon 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/rfc7194

https://wiki.inspircd.org/STARTTLS_Documentation

Plugin Details

Severity: Info

ID: 87817

File Name: ircd_starttls.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: remote

Family: Misc.

Published: 1/8/2016

Updated: 2/24/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Vulnerability Information

Excluded KB Items: global_settings/disable_test_ssl_based_services