Plugins

Each plugin consists of syntax to check for a specific vulnerability for a version or multiple versions of the software, services, and operating systems. A group of plugins for a similar operating system/service/software are grouped as a plugin family, shown as follows:

These plugin families expand into different plugins that each perform a specific check. A user cannot manually add a plugin; they can only download or update new or missing plugins only when they are made available by Tenable. Each plugin has a set of parameters to help a user understand the plugin. These parameters are discussed in greater detail in the following section. ...

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