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12010-01-19 Nikto 2.1.1
2        - Added support to select plugins via -plugins and -list-plugins option to list current plugins
3        - Major fix for proxy usage
4        - Ticket 96: Multiple index file enhancements for groups and better unique file identification
5        - Ticket 103: <description> content in xml report is now wrapped in CDATA
6        - Ticket 110: Mutate now respects db variables
7        - Ticket 97: Fix for response caching
8        - Ticket 99: Spelling disagreements between Brits and Americans
9        - Don't report p3p header as unusual
10        - Various changes to aid future binary db usage for mutates
11        - Various changes to aid future multi-threading
12        - Fix for multiple index files
132009-12-21 nikto.pl
14        - Ticket 100: Fix for reading home directory on Windows
15        - Some new additions to db_realms and db_embedded
162009-08-29 templates/xml* docs/nikto.dtd
17        - Added <statistics /> tag for scan/host statistics
182009-08-25 plugins/db_httpoptions
19        - Fix for #89 - remove TRACE and TRACK from the db
202009-08-19 plugins/nikto_headers
21        - Added test for asp source code disclosure through the Translate
22          header
232009-08-13 plugins/* plugins/nikto_embedded plugins/db_embedded
24        - Various fixes to use nfetch and fix proxy use
25        - New plugin added to identify embedded devices
262009-08-12 plugins/nikto_core
27        - New fetch (nfetch) sub added which uses a local request/result hash.
28          All requests should use this instead of fetch.
29        - Patch to add a URI cache within fetch, can be disabled with -nocache
302009-08-04 plugins/nikto_core
31        - Patch to actually report the URI when it works out a password
32        - Added test for DEBUG HTTP verb
332009-08-03 plugins/nikto.pl
34        - Put in a quick catch for port ranges (e.g. 80-90) if people use the
35          old style of port entries
36        - Put in a simple signal handler to close reporting if a sigint is
37          caught
382009-08-02 plugins/nikto_multiple_index db_multiple_index
39        - Added check for multiple index files for request #16
40        - Turned standard headers into a database file to close off #22
412009-08-01 plugins/* nikto.pl
42        - Fixes for xml reporter to allow multiple hosts
43        - Fixes for html, txt and csv exporters
44        - Fixes bugs #80 and #85
452009-07-31 plugins/* nikto.pl
46        - Fix for ePO agent/HP iLO to not report for each known type of
47          webserver
48        - Big changes to the way nikto assigns targets to remove globals, have
49          deliberately broken nmap scanning and allowing port ranges.
502009-07-20 plugins/nikto_core plugins/nikto_outdated db_tests db_outdated
51        - Fix to ensure that -Tuning works as expected, fixes ticket #84
52        - Fix to add a warning if a web server has been configured to restrict
53          information on its server banner, fixes ticket #66
54        - Minor amendment to lightttpd version to fix ticket #67
55        - Fix to nikto_core to make dbcheck work!
56        - New item for ticket #75
572009-06-30 plugins/nikto_dictionary_attack
58        - Add plugin to use dirbuster lists with mutate 6 and mutate-options
59        - couple of minor fixes to prevent errors on Windows and exporting as
60          text
612009-06-27 plugins/nikto_user_enum_cgiwrap.plugin
62        - Managled cgiwrap and apache plugins together and allow use of a
63          dictionary (to speed things up). Also made it work with new
64          reporting style
65        - Added -mutate-options switch
662009-06-15 plugins/nikto_reports.plugin templates/xml_end
67        - Fixed bug with xml not terminating correctly
682009-05-11 plugins/nikto_core.plugin plugins/nikto_subdomain.plugin
69        - Added subdomain buteforcer as mutate option 5, thanks to Ryan
70          DewHurst
71        - Added extra tests to pull information if scanning ePO agent or HP
72          WBEM
73        - Added test to recognise a Dell Remote Access Console
74        - Added -no404 switch to disable 404 checking. Warning, this produces
75          a lot of false positives at the moment
762009-01-10 plugins/nikto_core.plugin
77        - Added fix for #73 to apply multiple variables for tests, supplied by
78          Laurent Licour
79        - Removed test_target function as now done in the nikto_test plugin
80        - Added support for Allow directive in robots.txt
81        - Added exit if cannot connect to a defined proxy
822008-11-11 plugins/nikto_core.plugin nikto.pl plugins/nikto_reports.plugin
83        - Added report phase to plugin runner
842008-10-09 plugins/nikto_core.plugin nikto.pl
85        - Further tunings to authentication code to simplify it.
862008-10-02 plugins/nikto_core.plugin nikto.pl
87        - Altered authentication code to make it simpler.
88        - Now supports NTLM authentication.
892008-09-24 plugins/nikto_core.plugin db_tets
90        - Fixed problem with nikto using authentication provided from the
91          command line. It now adds it to the list of realms.
92        - Added extra test to highlight localstart.asp if it is the default
93          page.
94        - Added tests to identify Ampache.
952008-09-23 plugins/*.plugin
96        - Added support for conditional recon and scan plugins.
972008-09-21 plugins/*.plugin
98        - Changes for new plugin running structure; it needs to be finished
99          (conditional plugins and report methods) but it is good enough to
100          release now.
1012008-09-20 plugins/nikto_core.plugin plugins/nikto_cgi.plugin nikto.pl
102           plugins/nikto_reports.plugin templates/xml_host_head.tmpl
103           docs/nikto.dtd
104        - Fixes to ensure nikto produces less perl warnings
105        - Fix for ticket #59: add vhost to xml output
1062008-09-16 plugins/nikto_core.plugin plugins/nikto_httpoptions.plugin
107        - Fix for ticket #37
108        - Allow fetch to optionally call LW2::http_fixup_request
109        - Better handling of extra headers within fetch
1102008-09-14 plugins/db_server_msgs plugins/nikto_*.plugin
111        - Update server messages to dynamic database format
112        - Altered all plugins to use a separate RESULTS array for storing
113          results; meaning that it is easier to abstract
114        - Added add_vulnerability method to nikto_core to report
115          vulnerabilities and reduce code size.
116        - Added ability to add an extra hash to fetch() to allow extra headers
117          to be added.
1182008-09-12 plugins/nikto_core.plugin plugins/nikto_httpoptions.plugin
119plugins/db_httpoptions plugins/nikto_favicon plugins/db_favicon
120        - Fix for ticket #38: httpoptions are drawn from a database
121        - Now setup to allow dynamic databases, rather than all being imported
122          by nikto_core at start time
123        - Altered favicon database to use dynamic database
1242008-09-06 plugins/nikto_core.plugin tmpl/htm_close.tmpl
125        - Fix for ticket #53: all plugins now show last mod date
126        - Fix for ticket #51: updated copyright date in HTML
1272008-09-04 plugins/nikto_core.plugin
128        - Fix for ticket #55, introduced by the solution for ticket #44
129        - Fix for ticket #53
130=========Nikto 2.03=========
1312008-08-12 plugins/db_outdated
132        - Fix for Jetty to latest version, fixes ticket #49
1332008-08-07 docs/nikto_manual.html
134        - New export of the manual from the docbook
135        - Updated versions in nikto.pl
1362008-08-06 plugins/db_outdated
137        - Added various new versions
1382008-08-05 plugins/db_favicon
139        - Fix for ticket #45
140        - Added favicons for Roku Soundbridge and Ampache
1412008-07-14 plugins/nikto_headers.plugin
142        - Changes to look at non-standard headers
143        - Changes to examine Apache's ETag header
1442008-07-07 nikto.pl plugins/nikto_core.plugin plugins/nikto_reports.plugin
145        - Fix for ticket #41 - a rather nasty bug that's been in nikto 2 since
146          its inception; where variables weren't fully expanded.
1472008-07-02 plugins/nikto_core.plugin
148        - Fix for ticket #11 - change CGIDIRS test so that they're not
149          hardcoded. The reponse codes are now kept in a variable in
150          db_variables
151        - Applied same to enumerating apache users plugin
152        - Fix for ticket #39 - we now check whether getoptions failed, show
153          usage and exit with a code of one. This also means that it will exit
154          gracefully if a parameter is missed out when one is required.
1552008-06-24 plugins/nikto_core.plugin
156        - Fix for ticket #35 - allow multiple HTTP methods to identify
157          an HTTP server, these are set with the variable CHECKMETHODS in
158          config.txt
159        - Fix for a bug in the nmap reader where it would ignore the IP
160          address if it nmap didn't return a hostname.
1612008-06-22 plugins/db_tests
162        - Fix for ticket #26 - stop domino tests producing false positives
1632008-06-20 plugins/nikto_httpoptions.plugin
164        - Fix for ticket #30 - ensure that propfind has the right OSVDB tag
1652008-04-22 plugins/nikto_outdated.plugin
166        - Change to allow stop duplication of items when scanning more than one
167          host. Fix for bug 28
1682008-04-16 plugins/nikto_core.plugin
169        - Change to allow reading of a host list from stdin
170        - Fix for enhancement 10: read from nmap output (only -oG)
1712008-04-15 plugins/nikto_core.plugin
172        - Fixes for bug 25: Unopen ports are now reported
1732008-04-14 templates/htm*
174        - Fixes for bug 24: HTML output is now valid HTML 4.01 Strict
1752008-04-11 nikto.pl
176        - Started using international dates instead of the weird US format
177        - Added a fix for bug id 23: allow a range of ports instead of a comma
178        separated list
1792008-04-11 db_outdated
180        - Updated current version of Apache to 2.2.8
18101.06.2008 2.02
182        - Added XML output thanks to the work of Jabra. XML format comes from templates (same as HTML). See the 'templates' dir for more info.
183        - HTML reports changed by Jabra to remove some oddities and remove HTML from items
184        - Fixed non-reporting of non-HTTP ports (or closed ports) when at least one port was HTTP.
185        - Removed experimental knowledge base (KB) code, as XML output is more flexible for long-term scan tracking
186        - Added unique identifiers to all tests from databases, and all tests created in code
187        - Updated documentation
18801.02.2008 nikto_core
189        - Fixed improper parsing of long options (-update, etc.). Thanks to Frank Breedijk for figuring this out.
19012.30.2007 db_servers
191        - Removed as it is not used
19212.19.2007 nikto_msgs.plugin
193        - Add a boundary for regex on versions to cut down false positives
19412.19.2007 niko_favicon.plugin
195        - Added OSVDB ID
19612.18.2007 niko_favicon.plugin
197        - Fix false positive when favicon.ico doesn't exist
19811.22.2007 Nikto 2.01 release
199        - Fix anti ids encoding use. thanks to Francisco Amato
200        - Fix virtual host usage if set via CLI. thanks Jon Hart
201        - Fix Host header restoration when testing for IIS IP leak
202        - Fix for plugindir & templatedir if EXECDIR is set in config.txt, thanks Shiraishi.M and Will Andrews for pointing it out.
203        - Fix count of items--count now accurately reflects the number of items, not just number of vulns. thanks Frank Breedijk
204        - Kick a few more things to KB that should be saved
205        - Added SKIPIDS to config.txt to completely ignore some tests loaded from db_tests. Suggested by Christian Folini.
206        - Enhanced rm_active_content to try to exclude the file/QUERYSTRING requested
207        - Unset the auth header after guessing at it. Thanks Paul Woroshow for reporting the bug.
20811.12.2007 nikto_headers.plugin
209         - Fix internal IP address snarfing for IIS, thanks Frank Breedijk for pointing it out
21011.10.2007 Nikto 2.00 release
211         - Rewrite of nikto_httpoptions.plugin to read the Public header
212         - Fixups to prevent namespace violations in nikto.pl and nikto_core.plugin
213         - Add some normalizations to the -root option variable, suggested by Erik Cabetas
214         - Added -Display with options for suppressing redirects & cookies from being included in output
215         - Added -Tuning options to let users specify what they would like to test, or exclude certain categories
216         - Added config.txt's NMAPOPTS, thanks Sean Lewis for the suggestion
217         - All new HTML report
218         - Bugfix: a found cookie would report for every port/server after it was found
219         - Bugfix: all hosts scanned with all ports if hosts file used
220         - Bugfix: all hosts scanned with port 80 despite what the user wanted
221         - Bugfix: Reverse DNS inet_aton error fix, pointed out by Jason Peel @ Foundstone
222         - Changed auth checking so it will test any directory found, not just /, and removed nikto_realms.plugin as a consequence
223         - Changed scan_database.db format significantly (and name), (and all the code to deal with tests)
224         - Completely new 404 engine which causes less false-positives (see docs)
225         - Created dump_lw_hash instead of dump_request_hash & dump_result_hash
226         - Implemented a knowledge base which (should) store all the gory details of scans... probably use this later ;)
227         - Moved pre-defined variables from config.txt to variables.db so they can be automagically updated. Entries in config.txt are still read.
228         - Removed %CFG, storing vars in %NIKTO instead
229         - Removed -generic
230         - Removed extraneous global vars
231         - Removed load_realms, combined with load_variables
232         - Replaced %CONFIG with %NIKTOCONFIG
233         - Set MAX_WARN to trigger on any response code, skipping 404|403|401|400 to avoid common ones
234         - Added -Single single request mode
235         - Updates to use the RFP's LibWhisker 2.0
236         - Added -Help to show extended help ouput, changed default help screen to be shorter. Suggested by Jericho.
237         - Additional error checking on invalid reverse-dns (Paul Woroshow)
238         - Cleaned up comment/line parsing routines in multiple places, from Erik Cabetas
239         - Tightened some for loops with real values instead of guessing, from Erik Cabetas
240         - Addded error message if no host is specified, from Erik Cabetas
241         - Added more robust output file type checking (txt/htm/cvs), from Erik Cabetas
242         - Added more debug statements regarding which CGI directories will be scanned, from Erik Cabatas
243         - Bugfix: more 'half dead host' scanning issues resolved with Jericho. LW is much pickier now about calling http_close
244         - Added error if -F specified without -o, from Erik Cabetas
245         - Bugfix: server category match no longer matches partial strings, from Erik Cabetas
246         - Bugfix: mis-pasted line, pointed to by Erik Cabetas
247         - Send all errors to STDERR
248         - Added -config option to specify a config file, thanks to Pavel Kankovsky
249         - fixed regex issue on banner. thanks Alexander Ehlert for pointing it out
250         - All other plugins updated for v2 changes
251         - Added favicon.ico hash checking
252         - ... gobs more
253
25402.06.2004 nikto_core.plugin    1.21
255        - Cleaned up comment/line parsing routines in multiple places, from Erik Cabetas
256        - Tightened some for loops with real values instead of guessing, from from Erik Cabetas
257        - Removed duplicate bit of code, from Erik Cabetas
258        - Addded error message if no host is specified, from Erik Cabetas
259        - Added more robust output file type checking (txt/htm/cvs), from Erik Cabetas
260        - Added more debug statements regarding which CGI directories will be scanned, from Erik Cabatas
261
26212.17.2003
263        nikto_core.plugin       1.20
264         - Fixed BID links, thanks Richard Tortorella for the report.
265
26610.27.2003 Nikto 1.32 release
267        nikto_core.plugin       1.19
268         - Removed unecessary 'use IO::Socket' call from resolve()
269         - Removed unecessary counters
270         - Replaced some slow foreach counters
271         - Moved proxy_check earlier, before port_scan, so it will be set first
272         - Removed -allcgi option in favor of -CGIdir, which can specify to test 'all', 'none' or a specific directory.
273         - Bugfix: testing through proxy by making sure host name is set instead of ip, thanks to Fabrice Annic for the catch
274         - Bugfix: a regex/logic/if error in test_target, thanks Pavel Kankovsky for the bug report. 401/302 messages will now report regardless of test/pass fail.
275         - Bugfix: -dbcheck now identifies duplicates without relying on message text, thanks Jericho / Attrition.org for pointing this out
276         
277        nikto.pl        1.12
278         - Rearranged order of get_banner & setup so that it would be called right
279
280        nikto_headers.plugin    1.08
281         - Added DAAP header check
282
28310.02.2003
284        nikto_core.plugin       1.18
285         - Fixed get_banner to properly handle multi host/port scans
286
28710.01.2003
288        nikto_outdated.plugin   1.12
289         - Fixed improper matching in version evals, reported by Paul Bakker
290
29109.30.2003
292        nikto_core.plugin       1.17
293         - Reordered loop code to make -f scans faster.
294         - Added a skip for "(Win32)" in the version updates back to cirt.net
295
296        nikto_outdated.plugin   1.11
297         - Stripping () from version strings
298
29909.24.2003  Nikto 1.31 release
300        nikto_core.plugin       1.16
301         - Fixed a bug in resolve() that may prevent name lookups when host files used
302         - Fixed a bug in resolve() where scan would exit if 1 name resolution from host file failed
303         - Changed set_targets so that if the -h value exists as a file it reads that instead of resolving it as a name. This eliminates need for .csv or .txt file name endings.
304         - Added auto or semi-auto update of version strings to CIRT.net. This is done through a simple GET request. Controlled via config.txt's UPDATES variable.
305           *ABSOLUTELY NO* server info is sent... only versions from HTTP headers, i.e. "Apache/4.0". Thanks to Jericho for feedback/ideas.
306         - Added a host counter output at end & for every 10 hosts
307         - Set CHANGES.txt download only on *code* updates, not DBs
308         - Added MAX_WARN to config.txt for warning level on OK/Moved messages, thanks Jericho for the suggestion.
309         - Added PROMPTS to config.txt to allow user control of prompting--good for unattended scans
310         - Added a regex test to dbcheck() better catch errors in server_msgs.db
311         - Thanks again to Jericho for many updated tests/information.
312         - Cleaned up port scan code
313         - Fixed/improved scanning through proxies
314
315        nikto_outdated.plugin   1.09
316         - Added support for sending updates of version strings to CIRT.net. See nikto_core.plugin version 1.15 notes.
317
318    LW.pm - 1.8
319         - Updated to LW.pm v1.8, see the change log included with it (www.wiretrip.net/rfp/).
320         
321    nikto.pl - 1.10
322         - Implemented versioning on nikto.pl (!), many changes to support core 1.15
323         - Put 'require LW.pm' down *after* we know where it is.. duh. Thanks J Barber (ussysadmin.com) for the suggestion. Also changed it 'require' vs 'use' so in the future I can update it, if necessary.
324         - Hosts are now tested in the same order as the appear in an input file
325         
326
32708.18.2003
328        nikto_outdated.plugin   1.08
329            -  Fixed nasty regex bug in the version eval, and made more efficient. Pointed out by fr0stman, thx Zeno for assistance
330             
33107.22.2003
332        nikto_headers.plugin    1.07
333         - Added Host header back after delete in IIS Content-Location check. Thanks to Abdi Ponce for the bug report & debug.
334
335        nikto_httpoptions.plugin        1.04
336         - Changed PROPPATCH, TRACK, TRACE messages. Changed PROPFIND message, thanks to Jericho for tracking down some good info on it.  Added SEARCH message.
337         
338        nikto_core.plugin       1.14
339         - Added <title> tags to the HTML output for browser-neatness
340         - Removed a stray debug print
341         
34207.03.2003
343         - Thanks to Jeremy Bae for many Jeus Webserver tests.
344
34506.29.2003
346        nikto_core.plugin       1.13
347         - changed some &function calls to function() to keep $_ from being passed down another level..  thanks to zeno for the heads-up.
348         
349        nikto_headers.plugin    1.05
350         - fixed the IIS4 content-location check as it had a tendency to fail miserably...
351
35206.29.2003
353        nikto_core.plugin       1.12
354         - changed output of dump_request to be more like normal request text
355
35606.29.2003
357        nikto_core.plugin       1.11
358         - bug fix for scanning through proxies
359
36006.19.2003
361        nikto_core.plugin       1.10
362         - added 'csv' to file formats in -help output (doh!)
363         - minor speedups
364
36506.17.2003
366        nikto_user_enum_apache.plugin   1.02
367         - Bugfix: some user names not tested (zz, zzz, etc.)
368         - Major rewrite for speed improvements
369
370        nikto_user_enum_cgiwrap.plugin  1.01
371         - Bugfix: some user names not tested (zz, zzz, etc.)
372         - Major rewrite for speed improvements
373
37406.16.2003
375        nikto_core.plugin       1.09
376         - dbcheck option enhanced: check that all plugins are in the order file
377         - dbcheck option enhanced: check that all plugins have properly named sub calls
378         - update option enhanced: retrieves updated CHANGES.txt file with code updates
379         - Bugfix: resolve() did not properly catch invalid IP addresses. Reported by Rick Tortorella.
380
38106.12.2003
382        nikto_core.plugin       1.08
383         - Removed iprint() entirely (finally)
384         - Made "Needs Auth" links active in HTML output
385         
38605.30.2003
387        nikto_core.plugin       1.07
388         - Bugfix:
389
39005.30.2003
391        nikto_core.plugin       1.06
392         - Added number of elapsed seconds to final host/port output
393         - Bugfix: Changed CAN/CVE link to point to cve.mitre.org instead of ICAT
394         - Bugfix: Duplicate port 80 in nmap options if -p not specified but 80 specified in hosts file
395
39605.28.2003
397        nikto_core.plugin       1.05
398         - Bugfix: -update code prevented automatic updates. Found & fixed by Keith Young. Also reported by Paul Worshaw.
399 
40005.27.2003
401        Nikto 1.30 release
402    General changes
403          - removed nikto_google.plugin entirely (may add better plugin later)
404          - major "under the hood" changes to make things easier to maintain, read & modify
405          - killed as many global vars as I could stand in favor of a few global hashes (CLI input, etc.)
406          - added $CURRENT_HOST_ID and $CURRENT_PORT as globals--these are the pointers to "where you are" (mostly as in $TARGETS)
407          - added the ability to have basic conditional items for tests, i.e. "200!index" to designate a response of "200" but the
408            content does not contain "index" (suggested by Paul Woroshow).
409          - added -V option, which displays versions of all code files & databases (suggested by Jericho)
410          - specifying -ssl now forces *all ports* on *all servers* to use ssl.  best that can be done for now.
411          - added multi-host support via a text file with port specification in the file or via CLI
412          - all new save file routines
413          - unbuffered file output to keep partial/cancelled run data
414          - removed the -w option in favor of -F with multiple formats
415          - added support for NTLM authentication
416          - added cgiwrap plugin
417        nikto_core.plugin       1.05
418        - Many updates to support multiple host scans
419        - Added UA for update agents
420        - Changed all %SERVER hash refs to either %CLI or %TARGETS
421        - Removed %BANNERS (now in %TARGETS)
422        - Added set_targets() to handle various target input methods
423        - Bugfix: non-SSL ports not found after first SSL port found on a host
424        - Bugfix: authentication realms were not checked with the proper root if -r was specified on the CLI
425        - Bugfix: can't call 'fprint' if core plugin is not found (duh!). Found by Erwin Paternotte.
426        nikto_user_enum_cgiwrap.plugin  1.00
427        - added
428        nikto_mutate.plugin     1.05
429        - change for using %CLI
430        nikto_passfiles.plugin  1.01
431        - change for using %CLI
432        nikto_user_enum_apache.plugin   1.01
433        - change for using %CLI
434        - renamed from 'nikto_userenum.plugin'
435        nikto_msgs.plugin       1.03
436        - minor changes for multi-host support
437        plugins_order.txt       1.03
438        - removed nikto_google.plugin
439               
44002.23.2003     
441        nikto_core.plugin       1.04
442        - Added a work around for servers that answer with blank www-authenticate headers with invalid id/pass combos
443        nikto_realms.plugin 1.00
444        - Added to distro
445        realms.db       1.00
446        - Added to distro
447        plugins_order.txt       1.02
448        - Added nikto_realms.plugin
449
45001.22.2003
451        nikto_httpoptions.plugin        1.03   
452        - standardized wording, added TRACE option, added more description to WebDAV msgs (thanks Jericho at attrition.org).
453
45401.22.2003
455        nikto_core.plugin       1.03   
456        - fixed a bug with matching proper server categories, thanks to Paul Woroshow.
457
45801.17.2003
459        nikto_core.plugin       1.02   
460        - fixed the GetOptions only looking for "-gener" instead of "-generic", thanks to Michel Arboi
461
46201.02.2003
463        nikto_core.plugin       1.01   
464        - fixed proxy authentication not prompting for -update option
465
46601.01.2003
467        Nikto   1.23
468        - added nikto_plugin_order.txt to force plugin order to something we want rather than alpha
469        - added nikto_core.plugin & removed most functions from nikto.pl
470        - added -cookies option
471        - enhanced db syntax error checking (spurred by syntax problems Thomas Reinke found)
472        - started using the LW 1.6 libraries
473        - fixed infinite loop output problem (no longer wrapping long lines)
474        - removed usage from saved output (too long)
475        - remove nikto_frontpage.plugin and put checks in scan_database.db
476        - moved server categories from scan_database.db to servers.db
477        - got rid of the leading "c," requirement from scan_database.db
478        - added STATIC-COOKIE config item as suggested by Eyal Udassin
479        - made CLI options case sensitive (to support more options, hosts files, etc)
480        - added Javier Fernandez-Sanguino Pen~a's Apache user enumeration plugin
481        - added -r (-root) file prepend as suggested by Eyal Udassin
482        - many DB typo fixes from Jay Swofford
483        - fixed a regex bug in nikto_robots.plugin and nikto_apacheusers.plugin
484        - new update location (path) to better support upgrades that don't effect db syntax
485
48608.21.2002
487        Nikto   1.21   
488        - Fixed all the proxy code--none of it was working due to where it was set in the initialization.
489        - Added -update to the help output. Not sure why it wasn't there.
490
49108.12.2002
492        Nikto   1.20
493        - Re-packaged to take out a testing line from LW.pm. Thanks to D Rhoades for the catch
494
49508.11.2002
496        Nikto   1.20   
497        - Moved all mutate options to plugins
498        - Added password file mutate plugin
499        - Added better error messages if problems arise
500        - Test for false-positives on all CGI directories
501        - Added -useproxy CLI
502        - Printing SSL certs the server accepts
503        - Fixed port sorting if -f is used
504        - Forked 1.20DCX edition for DefCon 10 CD: difference is only output
505        - Fixed a bug where "findonly" was referenced as "findports" (thanks J DePriest)
506        - Added properly wrapped text output in saved files
507
50805.25.2002     
509        Nikto   1.100   
510        - stopped nikto from dying if no config.txt file found 
511        - added Apache user enumeration plugin
512        - added robots.txt plugin
513        - set false-positive message to display at end of run as well as during
514        -
51504.23.2002     
516        Nikto   1.10BETA_3     
517        - fixed CAN/CVE links, added BID/CA/MS links (suggested by Jericho).
518        - prints total number of 'issues' found (suggested by Jericho).
519        - fixed proxy usage in the cirt.net update function.
520        - updated to use LW 1.4, which fixes an SSL infinite loop problem.
521        - fixed 401 auth suppression (broken in beta 2).
522        - added robots plugin to examine robots.txt & add items found to the mutate check
523        -
52403.31.2002
525        Nikto   1.10BETA_2     
526        - fixed the config.txt DEFAULTHTTPVER variable setting so it really works
527        - made proxy_check run only once per session
528        - removed all reference to "nikto" in the scan_database.db
529        -
53003.23.2002     
531        Nikto   1.10BETA_1
532        - renamed plugins from .pl to .plugin, just for clarity. but they're still perl files
533        - allowed nikto.pl to update plugins the same as .db files
534        - usage of LW 1.2
535        - countless "under the hood" type things
536        - lowercase-incoming-headers to more easily handle case sensitive nonsense
537        - compartmentalized a LOT more code to make things easier to read
538        - created config.txt file configuration w/o midifying nikto.pl itself
539        - added user_scan_database.db so that it won't get ovwr-written if the user adds checks
540        - enabled RFP's LibWhisker anti-ids options
541        - change "check," to "c," in scan_database, just to save a little bandwidth on cirt.net :)
542        - added plugin to check HTTP methods
543        - created a 'mutate' mode for really brute force finding stuff on servers
544        - added the ability to set default CLI options via config file
545        - added PLUGINDIR config variable
546        - added plugin to check other HTTP headers (just x-powered-by for now)
547        - added ability for nikto to auto-determine ssl v non-ssl on a port
548        - added port scanning ability (with or without nmap)
549        - added ability to send message via the update script's versions.txt file. I don't know why, but it may  be handy to let folks know if a new beta is out, or something.
550        - implemented the virtual host headers as patched by Pasi Eronen
551        -
55201.17.2002
553        Nikto   1.018
554        - Added /mpcgi/ to the @CGIDIRS array based on some suggestions.
555        - Fixed a bug in the auth_check function (thanks RFP), and cleaned up error reporting on failed auths
556        -
55701.12.2002     
558        Nikto   1.017
559        - Fixed a bug where the data portion of a request did not reset to null after some checks (thanks to Phil Brass for pointing me at it & letting me test against his server).
560        -
56101.10.2002
562        Nikto   1.016
563        - Add dump_*hash functions
564        - Added pause (-x) in scan loop
565        - Fixed a bug which caused a major slowdown
566        - Added load_conf for setup for configuration files (future)
567        - Fixed http vs. https links in output files
568        -
56901.08.2002
570        Nikto   1.015
571        - Fixed a bug (?) in Libwhisker PR4 (will check v1 code...)
572        - Corrected an error which caused a few false-positives (404 really IS not found :)
57301.07.2002     
574        Nikto   1.014
575        - Removed comment filtering from lines in scan_database.db to accommodate SSI includes
576        - Fixed quoting removal for data portions in checks (so " is valid).
577        -
57801.06.2002
579        Nikto   1.013   
580        - Made major globabl variable changes, moved tons of them to hashes
581        - Wrote some basic plugin writing documentation & added 'docs' directory
582        -
58301.03.2002
584        Nikto   1.012
585        - Added extended output for scan archival reasons (suggested by Steve Saady)
586        - Changed host auth failure to a warning, not stoppage
587        - Added "data" portion to scan_database.db
588        - Added @IP and @HOSTNAME substitutions for scan_database.db checks (will be replaced by actual IP/hostname)
589        - in case they are needed in the future.
590        - Added JUNK() to scan_database.db checks to facilitate future buffer-overflows (non-DoS), and future DoS plugins
591        - Added Proxy-agent as valid the same as Server result strings
592        - Changed -l to -n ("nolookup") to be more accurate
593        -
59401.02.2002
595        Nikto   1.011
596        - Added proxy auth for db update requests (oops).
597        - Started .xxx version numbering scheme to make life easier
598        - Fixed href tags in HTM output (< and > encoding and target host/ip)
599        - Added "caseless" WWW-Authenticate finding (for iPlanet Proxy)
600        -
60112.31.2001
602        Nikto   1.01
603        - Added regex to remove comments from scan_database.db in case they ever exist
604        - Fixed extra 'Host:' line being sent to server (duh).
605        - Fixed non 'GET' request data posting (duh).
606        - Added -timeout option
607        -
60812.27.2001     
609        Nikto   1.00
610        - Finalized beta version for release
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