Report Scan Settings
The Report scan settings include the following groups of settings:
Setting |
Default Value |
Description |
Processing |
Override normal verbosity
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Disabled
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This setting has two options:
- I have limited disk space. Report as little information as possible: Provides less information about plugin activity in the report to minimize impact on disk space.
- Report as much information as possible: Provides more information about plugin activity in the report.
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Show missing patches that have been superseded
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Enabled
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If enabled, includes superseded patch information in the scan report.
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Hide results from plugins initiated as a dependency
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Enabled
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If enabled, the list of dependencies is not included in the report. If you want to include the list of dependencies in the report, disable this setting.
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Output |
Allow users to edit scan results
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Enabled
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When enabled, allows users to delete items from the report. When performing a scan for regulatory compliance or other types of audits, disable the setting to show that the scan was not tampered with.
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Designate hosts by their DNS name
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Disabled
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Uses the host name rather than IP address for report output.
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Display hosts that respond to ping
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Disabled
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Reports hosts that successfully respond to a ping.
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Display unreachable hosts
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Disabled
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When enabled, hosts that did not reply to the ping request are included in the security report as dead hosts. Do not enable this option for large IP blocks.
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