From 36247fecf210ccf0f3dc8e5b18da9151b5ea26c4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Dirk Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2018 01:19:02 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] fix no-DNS related error in documentation --- doc/testssl.1 | 2 +- doc/testssl.1.html | 4 ++-- doc/testssl.1.md | 3 +-- 3 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/testssl.1 b/doc/testssl.1 index cd7a38d..0d132f2 100644 --- a/doc/testssl.1 +++ b/doc/testssl.1 @@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ Please note that the content of \fBfname\fR has to be in Unix format\. DOS carri \fB\-\-assuming\-http\fR testssl\.sh does upfront an application protocol detection\. In cases where for some reasons the usage of HTTP cannot be automatically detected you may want to use this option\. It tells testssl\.sh not to skip HTTP specific tests and to run the client simulation with browsers\. Sometimes also the severity depends on the application protocol, e\.g\. SHA1 signed certificates, the lack of any SAN matches and some vulnerabilities will be punished harder when checking a web server as opposed to a mail server\. . .IP "\(bu" 4 -\fB\-n, \-\-nodns \fR tells testssl\.sh which DNS lookups should be performed\. \fBmin\fR uses only forward DNS resolution (A and AAAA record or MX record) and skips CAA lookups and PTR records from the IP address back to a DNS name\. \fBnone\fR performs no DNS lookups at all\. For the latter you either have to supply the IP address as a target, to use \fB\-\-ip`` or have the IP address in /etc/hosts\. The use of the switch is only useful if you either can\'t or are not willing to perform DNS lookups\. The latter can apply e\.g\. to some pentestsi\. In general this option could e\.g\. help you to avoid timeouts by DNS lookups\.\fRNODNS` is the enviroment variable for this\. +\fB\-n, \-\-nodns \fR tells testssl\.sh which DNS lookups should be performed\. \fBmin\fR uses only forward DNS resolution (A and AAAA record or MX record) and skips CAA lookups and PTR records from the IP address back to a DNS name\. \fBnone\fR performs no DNS lookups at all\. For the latter you either have to supply the IP address as a target, to use \fB\-\-ip\fR or have the IP address in /etc/hosts\. The use of the switch is only useful if you either can\'t or are not willing to perform DNS lookups\. The latter can apply e\.g\. to some pentestsi\. In general this option could e\.g\. help you to avoid timeouts by DNS lookups\. \fBNODNS\fR is the enviroment variable for this\. . .IP "\(bu" 4 \fB\-\-sneaky\fR as a friendly feature for the server side testssl\.sh uses a HTTP user agent \fBTLS tester from ${URL}\fR\. With this option your traces are less verbose and a Firefox user agent is being used\. Be aware that it doesn\'t hide your activities\. That is just not possible (environment preset via \fBSNEAKY=true\fR)\. diff --git a/doc/testssl.1.html b/doc/testssl.1.html index 680e8ab..c1505e1 100644 --- a/doc/testssl.1.html +++ b/doc/testssl.1.html @@ -198,8 +198,8 @@ host.example.com:631

  • -n, --nodns <min|none> tells testssl.sh which DNS lookups should be performed. min uses only forward DNS resolution (A and AAAA record or MX record) and skips CAA lookups and PTR records from the IP address back to a DNS name. none performs no -DNS lookups at all. For the latter you either have to supply the IP address as a target, to use --ip`` or have the IP address -in /etc/hosts. The use of the switch is only useful if you either can't or are not willing to perform DNS lookups. The latter can apply e.g. to some pentestsi. In general this option could e.g. help you to avoid timeouts by DNS lookups.NODNS` is the enviroment variable for this.

    • +DNS lookups at all. For the latter you either have to supply the IP address as a target, to use --ip or have the IP address +in /etc/hosts. The use of the switch is only useful if you either can't or are not willing to perform DNS lookups. The latter can apply e.g. to some pentestsi. In general this option could e.g. help you to avoid timeouts by DNS lookups. NODNS is the enviroment variable for this.

  • --sneaky as a friendly feature for the server side testssl.sh uses a HTTP user agent TLS tester from ${URL}. With this option your traces are less verbose and a Firefox user agent is being used. Be aware that it doesn't hide your activities. That is just not possible (environment preset via SNEAKY=true).

diff --git a/doc/testssl.1.md b/doc/testssl.1.md index 62703dd..274ac5c 100644 --- a/doc/testssl.1.md +++ b/doc/testssl.1.md @@ -119,9 +119,8 @@ Please note that the content of `fname` has to be in Unix format. DOS carriage r `--assuming-http` testssl.sh does upfront an application protocol detection. In cases where for some reasons the usage of HTTP cannot be automatically detected you may want to use this option. It tells testssl.sh not to skip HTTP specific tests and to run the client simulation with browsers. Sometimes also the severity depends on the application protocol, e.g. SHA1 signed certificates, the lack of any SAN matches and some vulnerabilities will be punished harder when checking a web server as opposed to a mail server. - * `-n, --nodns ` tells testssl.sh which DNS lookups should be performed. `min` uses only forward DNS resolution (A and AAAA record or MX record) and skips CAA lookups and PTR records from the IP address back to a DNS name. `none` performs no -DNS lookups at all. For the latter you either have to supply the IP address as a target, to use `--ip`` or have the IP address +DNS lookups at all. For the latter you either have to supply the IP address as a target, to use `--ip` or have the IP address in /etc/hosts. The use of the switch is only useful if you either can't or are not willing to perform DNS lookups. The latter can apply e.g. to some pentestsi. In general this option could e.g. help you to avoid timeouts by DNS lookups. `NODNS` is the enviroment variable for this. * `--sneaky` as a friendly feature for the server side testssl.sh uses a HTTP user agent `TLS tester from ${URL}`. With this option your traces are less verbose and a Firefox user agent is being used. Be aware that it doesn't hide your activities. That is just not possible (environment preset via `SNEAKY=true`).