Do not scan printers
🗓️ 03 Nov 2005 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2005 by Michel ArboiType
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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2005 by Michel Arboi
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.11933");
script_version("2023-08-01T13:29:10+0000");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2023-08-01 13:29:10 +0000 (Tue, 01 Aug 2023)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2005-11-03 14:08:04 +0100 (Thu, 03 Nov 2005)");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:N");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"0.0");
script_name("Do not scan printers");
script_category(ACT_SETTINGS);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2005 by Michel Arboi");
script_family("Settings");
script_dependencies("global_settings.nasl", "dont_print_on_printers.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("global_settings/exclude_printers", "Host/is_printer");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The host seems to be a printer. The scan has been
disabled against this host.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"If you want to scan the remote host, uncheck the
'Exclude printers from scan' option within the 'Global variable settings' of the scan
config in use and re-scan it.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"Many printers react very badly to a network scan. Some
of them will crash, while others will print a number of pages. This usually disrupt
office work and is usually a nuisance. As a result, the scan has been disabled against
this host.");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"remote_banner");
exit(0);
}
if( get_kb_item( "Host/scanned" ) == 0 )
exit( 0 );
if( ! get_kb_item( "Host/is_printer" ) )
exit( 0 );
pref = get_kb_item( "global_settings/exclude_printers" );
if( pref && pref != "no" ) {
report = get_kb_item( "Host/is_printer/reason" );
if( report )
report = 'Exclusion reason:\n\n' + report;
log_message( port:0, data:report );
set_kb_item( name:"Host/dead", value:TRUE );
}
exit( 0 );Data
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