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No 404 check

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
Checks if the remote webserver issues 404 errors

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

Summary :

Remote web server does not reply with 404 error code.

Description :

The remote web server is configured in that it does not return '404 Not Found'
error codes when a non-existent file is requested, perhaps returning a site
map, search page or authentication page instead.

Nessus enabled some counter measures for that, however they might be
insufficient. If a great number of security holes are produced for this port,
they might not all be accurate.

Network Security Threat Level:

None

Networks Security ID:

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