Hi, On 17.08.2018 18:08, Xinhuan Zheng wrote: > Hello, > > In our recent OpenVAS scan, our host has HTTP service running so the > scanning software tests a lot of URLs. However, in the target host access > log, we saw tons of OPTIONS requests being issued by scanning software. > Per some research, OPTIONS is a type of HTTP request that is pre-flight in > Cross-origin resource. The normal GET request would return a document with > bunch of objects, like json, images, etc. Can I limit OpenVAS not issuing > OPTIONS requests? > Thank you,
there is no such possibility included in OpenVAS besides excluding the NVT(s) doing those OPTIONS requests from your scan configuration. Could you elaborate why you want to limit OpenVAS not issuing OPTIONS requests? Regards, -- Christian Fischer | PGP Key: 0x54F3CE5B76C597AD Greenbone Networks GmbH | https://www.greenbone.net Neumarkt 12, 49074 Osnabrück, Germany | AG Osnabrück, HR B 202460 Geschäftsführer: Lukas Grunwald, Dr. Jan-Oliver Wagner _______________________________________________ Openvas-discuss mailing list Openvas-discuss@wald.intevation.org https://lists.wald.intevation.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openvas-discuss
