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Do not scan printers

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
Exclude AppSocket & socketAPI printers from scan

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

Summary :

The host seems to be a printer. The scan has been disabled against this host.

Description :

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.

Solution :

If you want to scan the remote host, disable the 'safe checks' option and
re-scan it.

Network Security Threat Level:

None / CVSS Base Score : 0
(AV:L/AC:H/Au:R/C:N/A:N/I:N/B:N)

Networks Security ID:

Vulnerability Assessment Copyright: This script is Copyright (C) 2003 by Michel Arboi

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