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Description

This test case tests the ability of Nikto to scan a web server for known vulnerabilities.

Setup

  1. A working web server is required either remotely or locally.
  2. Ensure the Package-x-generic-16.pngnikto package is installed.

How to test

  1. Run nikto against WEBSERVER and export results to HTML: nikto -output results.html -Format html -host http://WEBSERVER/
  2. Open results.html with a Web browser.

Expected Results

  1. You should see Nikto results.
  2. Double-check the resulats in results.html