Bug#434392: O: nikto: web server security scanner

[Thomas Seyrat <thomas@glou.net>]

Package: wnpp
Severity: normal

  I am orphaning the nikto package. It's a nice security scanner
  (probably no other open source equivalent), but I have no time to
  maintain it anymore.

  Thomas


 Nikto is a pluggable web server and CGI scanner written in Perl, using
 rfp's LibWhisker to perform fast security or informational checks.
 .
 Features:
  * Easily updatable CSV-format checks database
  * Output reports in plain text or HTML
  * Available HTTP versions automatic switching
  * Generic as well as specific server software checks
  * SSL support (through libnet-ssleay-perl)
  * Proxy support (with authentication)
  * Cookies support