02.11.2007
        nikto 1.36
		- Bug fixes in redirection messages/handling
		- Added -404 option to skip pages with certain content, to help cut false-positives. (A. Ramos/ unsec.net)
	nikto_put_del_test.plugin 1.00
		- Added
	nikto_apacheusers.plugin 1.03
		- Bug fix for regex error
	nikto_headers.plugin
		- Give info on more headers (Jericho)
	nikto_httpoptions.plugin
		- Check the Public header as well as Allow (Jericho)

02.16.2006
	nikto_outdated.plugin 1.14
		- Encode spaces in strings that may be sent as updates.
	nikto_outdated.plugin 1.36
		- Add -P0 to nmap call, thanks to Richard van den Berg for pointing this out.
		
09.07.2005
	nikto_headers.plugin 
		- Don't alert on the host's actual IP if it's returned in a header.

07.26.2005
	nikto_core.plugin 
		- Output a warning for HTML output as a result of OSVDB-17886.
		
05.27.2005
    nikto_core.plugin 1.31
		- Set the $CONFIG{MAX_WARN} bit to use the variable on the error instead of a fixed num, thanks to Nicolas Gregoire for pointing this out.

05.20.2005
	Database Updates
		- Multiple msgs updates from david.maciejak@kyxar.fr
		- Multiple test updates from burak.dayioglu@pro-g.com.tr
    nikto_core.plugin 1.31
        - Bugfix: fingerprint was not including leading /. Thanks Axel Meerschaert for the report.
        - Bugfix: NMAPOPTS was not being used, thanks to David Rhoades for patching.
        - Added additional content checking to reduce false positives, thanks to Pavel Kankovsky
    nikto.pl 1.14
        - Added -config option to specify a config file, thanks to Pavel Kankovsky

09.09.2004
	nikto_core.plugin 1.29
        - Bugfix: moved processing of -root items into fetch() to catch *all* cases, from Erik Cabetas
        - Bugfix: fixed namespace issues with %FILES which could cause havoc in mutate mode, from Erik Cabetas
        - Bugfix: Fixed reverse DNS lookup--noted by Eduardo Cruz.
        - Add some normalizations to the -root option variable, suggested by Erik Cabetas        
        
	nikto_mutate.plugin 1.07
		- Bugfix: removed usage of -root items in favor of placement in fetch()

	nikto_outdated.plugin	1.13
	    - Bugfix: fixed regex issue on banner. thanks Alexander Ehlert for pointing it out

	nikto_realms.plugin	1.02
        - Bugifx: fixed some realms not being tested due to hash collisions

07.24.2004
	nikto_core.plugin	1.28
		- Fix a namspace violation which could allow nikto's path to be sent during certain mutation combinations. Found by Erik Cabetas.
		- Add some normalizations to the -root option variable, suggested by Erik Cabetas

06.07.2004 
	nikto_core.plugin	1.27
		- Mis-pasted line, pointed to by Erik Cabetas
		

06.03.2004 
	nikto_core.plugin	1.26
		- Added error if -F specified without -o, from Erik Cabetas
		- Bugfix: server category match no longer matches partial strings, from Erik Cabetas

06.02.2004 
	nikto_core.plugin	1.25
		- Cleaned up comment/line parsing routines in multiple places, from Erik Cabetas
		- Tightened some for loops with real values instead of guessing, from from Erik Cabetas
		- Removed duplicate bit of code, from Erik Cabetas
		- Addded error message if no host is specified, from Erik Cabetas
		- Added more robust output file type checking (txt/htm/cvs), from Erik Cabetas
		- Added more debug statements regarding which CGI directories will be scanned, from Erik Cabatas
		
12.17.2003 
	nikto_core.plugin	1.20
       - Fixed BID links, thanks Richard Tortorella for the report.

10.27.2003 Nikto 1.32 release
	nikto_core.plugin	1.19
       - Removed unecessary 'use IO::Socket' call from resolve()
       - Removed unecessary counters
       - Replaced some slow foreach counters
       - Moved proxy_check earlier, before port_scan, so it will be set first
       - Removed -allcgi option in favor of -CGIdir, which can specify to test 'all', 'none' or a specific directory.
       - Bugfix: testing through proxy by making sure host name is set instead of ip, thanks to Fabrice Annic for the catch
       - Bugfix: a regex/logic/if error in test_target, thanks Pavel Kankovsky for the bug report. 401/302 messages will now report regardless of test/pass fail.
       - Bugfix: -dbcheck now identifies duplicates without relying on message text, thanks Jericho / Attrition.org for pointing this out
       
	nikto.pl	1.12
       - Rearranged order of get_banner & setup so that it would be called right

	nikto_headers.plugin	1.08
       - Added DAAP header check

10.02.2003
	nikto_core.plugin	1.18
       - Fixed get_banner to properly handle multi host/port scans

10.01.2003
	nikto_outdated.plugin	1.12
       - Fixed improper matching in version evals, reported by Paul Bakker

09.30.2003
	nikto_core.plugin	1.17
       - Reordered loop code to make -f scans faster.
       - Added a skip for "(Win32)" in the version updates back to cirt.net

	nikto_outdated.plugin	1.11
       - Stripping () from version strings

09.24.2003  Nikto 1.31 release
	nikto_core.plugin	1.16
       - Fixed a bug in resolve() that may prevent name lookups when host files used
       - Fixed a bug in resolve() where scan would exit if 1 name resolution from host file failed
       - Changed set_targets so that if the -h value exists as a file it reads that instead of resolving it as a name. This eliminates need for .csv or .txt file name endings.
       - Added auto or semi-auto update of version strings to CIRT.net. This is done through a simple GET request. Controlled via config.txt's UPDATES variable.
         *ABSOLUTELY NO* server info is sent... only versions from HTTP headers, i.e. "Apache/4.0". Thanks to Jericho for feedback/ideas.
       - Added a host counter output at end & for every 10 hosts
       - Set CHANGES.txt download only on *code* updates, not DBs
       - Added MAX_WARN to config.txt for warning level on OK/Moved messages, thanks Jericho for the suggestion.
       - Added PROMPTS to config.txt to allow user control of prompting--good for unattended scans
       - Added a regex test to dbcheck() better catch errors in server_msgs.db
       - Thanks again to Jericho for many updated tests/information.
       - Cleaned up port scan code
       - Fixed/improved scanning through proxies

	nikto_outdated.plugin	1.09
       - Added support for sending updates of version strings to CIRT.net. See nikto_core.plugin version 1.15 notes.

    LW.pm - 1.8
       - Updated to LW.pm v1.8, see the change log included with it (www.wiretrip.net/rfp/).
       
    nikto.pl - 1.10
       - Implemented versioning on nikto.pl (!), many changes to support core 1.15
       - Put 'require LW.pm' down *after* we know where it is.. duh. Thanks J Barber (ussysadmin.com) for the suggestion. Also changed it 'require' vs 'use' so in the future I can update it, if necessary.
       - Hosts are now tested in the same order as the appear in an input file
       

08.18.2003
	nikto_outdated.plugin	1.08
	    -  Fixed nasty regex bug in the version eval, and made more efficient. Pointed out by fr0stman, thx Zeno for assistance
           
07.22.2003
	nikto_headers.plugin	1.07
       - Added Host header back after delete in IIS Content-Location check. Thanks to Abdi Ponce for the bug report & debug.

	nikto_httpoptions.plugin	1.04
       - Changed PROPPATCH, TRACK, TRACE messages. Changed PROPFIND message, thanks to Jericho for tracking down some good info on it.  Added SEARCH message.
       
	nikto_core.plugin	1.14
       - Added <title> tags to the HTML output for browser-neatness
       - Removed a stray debug print
       
07.03.2003
       - Thanks to Jeremy Bae for many Jeus Webserver tests.

06.29.2003
	nikto_core.plugin	1.13
       - changed some &function calls to function() to keep $_ from being passed down another level..  thanks to zeno for the heads-up.
       
	nikto_headers.plugin	1.05
       - fixed the IIS4 content-location check as it had a tendency to fail miserably...

06.29.2003
	nikto_core.plugin	1.12
       - changed output of dump_request to be more like normal request text

06.29.2003
	nikto_core.plugin	1.11
       - bug fix for scanning through proxies

06.19.2003
	nikto_core.plugin	1.10
       - added 'csv' to file formats in -help output (doh!)
       - minor speedups

06.17.2003
	nikto_user_enum_apache.plugin	1.02
       - Bugfix: some user names not tested (zz, zzz, etc.)
       - Major rewrite for speed improvements

	nikto_user_enum_cgiwrap.plugin	1.01
       - Bugfix: some user names not tested (zz, zzz, etc.)
       - Major rewrite for speed improvements

06.16.2003
	nikto_core.plugin	1.09
       - dbcheck option enhanced: check that all plugins are in the order file
       - dbcheck option enhanced: check that all plugins have properly named sub calls
       - update option enhanced: retrieves updated CHANGES.txt file with code updates
       - Bugfix: resolve() did not properly catch invalid IP addresses. Reported by Rick Tortorella.

06.12.2003
	nikto_core.plugin	1.08
       - Removed iprint() entirely (finally)
       - Made "Needs Auth" links active in HTML output
       
05.30.2003
	nikto_core.plugin	1.07
       - Bugfix: 

05.30.2003
	nikto_core.plugin	1.06
       - Added number of elapsed seconds to final host/port output
       - Bugfix: Changed CAN/CVE link to point to cve.mitre.org instead of ICAT
       - Bugfix: Duplicate port 80 in nmap options if -p not specified but 80 specified in hosts file

05.28.2003
	nikto_core.plugin	1.05
       - Bugfix: -update code prevented automatic updates. Found & fixed by Keith Young. Also reported by Paul Worshaw.
  
05.27.2003
	Nikto 1.30 release
    General changes
        - removed nikto_google.plugin entirely (may add better plugin later)
        - major "under the hood" changes to make things easier to maintain, read & modify
        - killed as many global vars as I could stand in favor of a few global hashes (CLI input, etc.)
        - added $CURRENT_HOST_ID and $CURRENT_PORT as globals--these are the pointers to "where you are" (mostly as in $TARGETS)
        - added the ability to have basic conditional items for tests, i.e. "200!index" to designate a response of "200" but the 
          content does not contain "index" (suggested by Paul Woroshow).
        - added -V option, which displays versions of all code files & databases (suggested by Jericho)
        - specifying -ssl now forces *all ports* on *all servers* to use ssl.  best that can be done for now. 
        - added multi-host support via a text file with port specification in the file or via CLI
        - all new save file routines
        - unbuffered file output to keep partial/cancelled run data
        - removed the -w option in favor of -F with multiple formats
        - added support for NTLM authentication
        - added cgiwrap plugin
	nikto_core.plugin	1.05
		- Many updates to support multiple host scans
		- Added UA for update agents
		- Changed all %SERVER hash refs to either %CLI or %TARGETS
		- Removed %BANNERS (now in %TARGETS)
		- Added set_targets() to handle various target input methods
		- Bugfix: non-SSL ports not found after first SSL port found on a host
		- Bugfix: authentication realms were not checked with the proper root if -r was specified on the CLI
		- Bugfix: can't call 'fprint' if core plugin is not found (duh!). Found by Erwin Paternotte.
	nikto_user_enum_cgiwrap.plugin	1.00
		- added
	nikto_mutate.plugin	1.05
		- change for using %CLI
	nikto_passfiles.plugin	1.01
		- change for using %CLI
	nikto_user_enum_apache.plugin	1.01
		- change for using %CLI
		- renamed from 'nikto_userenum.plugin'
	nikto_msgs.plugin	1.03
		- minor changes for multi-host support
	plugins_order.txt	1.03
		- removed nikto_google.plugin
		
02.23.2003 	
	nikto_core.plugin	1.04
		- Added a work around for servers that answer with blank www-authenticate headers with invalid id/pass combos
	nikto_realms.plugin 1.00
		- Added to distro
	realms.db	1.00
		- Added to distro
	plugins_order.txt 	1.02
		- Added nikto_realms.plugin

01.22.2003
	nikto_httpoptions.plugin	1.03	
		- standardized wording, added TRACE option, added more description to WebDAV msgs (thanks Jericho at attrition.org).

01.22.2003
	nikto_core.plugin	1.03	
		- fixed a bug with matching proper server categories, thanks to Paul Woroshow.

01.17.2003
	nikto_core.plugin	1.02	
		- fixed the GetOptions only looking for "-gener" instead of "-generic", thanks to Michel Arboi

01.02.2003
	nikto_core.plugin	1.01	
		- fixed proxy authentication not prompting for -update option

01.01.2003 
	Nikto	1.23
		- added nikto_plugin_order.txt to force plugin order to something we want rather than alpha
		- added nikto_core.plugin & removed most functions from nikto.pl
		- added -cookies option
		- enhanced db syntax error checking (spurred by syntax problems Thomas Reinke found)
		- started using the LW 1.6 libraries
		- fixed infinite loop output problem (no longer wrapping long lines)
		- removed usage from saved output (too long)
		- remove nikto_frontpage.plugin and put checks in scan_database.db
		- moved server categories from scan_database.db to servers.db
		- got rid of the leading "c," requirement from scan_database.db
		- added STATIC-COOKIE config item as suggested by Eyal Udassin
		- made CLI options case sensitive (to support more options, hosts files, etc)
		- added Javier Fernandez-Sanguino Pen~a's Apache user enumeration plugin
		- added -r (-root) file prepend as suggested by Eyal Udassin
		- many DB typo fixes from Jay Swofford
		- fixed a regex bug in nikto_robots.plugin and nikto_apacheusers.plugin
		- new update location (path) to better support upgrades that don't effect db syntax

08.21.2002
	Nikto	1.21	
		- Fixed all the proxy code--none of it was working due to where it was set in the initialization.
		- Added -update to the help output. Not sure why it wasn't there.

08.12.2002
	Nikto	1.20
		- Re-packaged to take out a testing line from LW.pm. Thanks to D Rhoades for the catch

08.11.2002
	Nikto	1.20	
		- Moved all mutate options to plugins
		- Added password file mutate plugin
		- Added better error messages if problems arise
		- Test for false-positives on all CGI directories
		- Added -useproxy CLI
		- Printing SSL certs the server accepts
		- Fixed port sorting if -f is used
		- Forked 1.20DCX edition for DefCon 10 CD: difference is only output
		- Fixed a bug where "findonly" was referenced as "findports" (thanks J DePriest)
		- Added properly wrapped text output in saved files

05.25.2002	
	Nikto	1.100	
		- stopped nikto from dying if no config.txt file found	
		- added Apache user enumeration plugin
		- added robots.txt plugin
		- set false-positive message to display at end of run as well as during
		- 
04.23.2002	
	Nikto	1.10BETA_3	
		- fixed CAN/CVE links, added BID/CA/MS links (suggested by Jericho).
		- prints total number of 'issues' found (suggested by Jericho).
		- fixed proxy usage in the cirt.net update function.
		- updated to use LW 1.4, which fixes an SSL infinite loop problem.
		- fixed 401 auth suppression (broken in beta 2).
		- added robots plugin to examine robots.txt & add items found to the mutate check
		- 
03.31.2002 
	Nikto	1.10BETA_2	
		- fixed the config.txt DEFAULTHTTPVER variable setting so it really works
		- made proxy_check run only once per session
		- removed all reference to "nikto" in the scan_database.db
		- 
03.23.2002	
	Nikto	1.10BETA_1
		- renamed plugins from .pl to .plugin, just for clarity. but they're still perl files
		- allowed nikto.pl to update plugins the same as .db files
		- usage of LW 1.2
		- countless "under the hood" type things
		- lowercase-incoming-headers to more easily handle case sensitive nonsense
		- compartmentalized a LOT more code to make things easier to read
		- created config.txt file configuration w/o midifying nikto.pl itself
		- added user_scan_database.db so that it won't get ovwr-written if the user adds checks
		- enabled RFP's LibWhisker anti-ids options
		- change "check," to "c," in scan_database, just to save a little bandwidth on cirt.net :)
		- added plugin to check HTTP methods
		- created a 'mutate' mode for really brute force finding stuff on servers
		- added the ability to set default CLI options via config file
		- added PLUGINDIR config variable
		- added plugin to check other HTTP headers (just x-powered-by for now)
		- added ability for nikto to auto-determine ssl v non-ssl on a port
		- added port scanning ability (with or without nmap)
		- added ability to send message via the update script's versions.txt file. I don't know why, but it may  be handy to let folks know if a new beta is out, or something.
		- implemented the virtual host headers as patched by Pasi Eronen
		- 
01.17.2002 
	Nikto	1.018 
		- Added /mpcgi/ to the @CGIDIRS array based on some suggestions.
		- Fixed a bug in the auth_check function (thanks RFP), and cleaned up error reporting on failed auths
		- 
01.12.2002	
	Nikto	1.017
		- Fixed a bug where the data portion of a request did not reset to null after some checks (thanks to Phil Brass for pointing me at it & letting me test against his server). 
		- 
01.10.2002
	Nikto	1.016
		- Add dump_*hash functions
		- Added pause (-x) in scan loop
		- Fixed a bug which caused a major slowdown
		- Added load_conf for setup for configuration files (future)
		- Fixed http vs. https links in output files
		- 
01.08.2002
	Nikto	1.015 
		- Fixed a bug (?) in Libwhisker PR4 (will check v1 code...)
		- Corrected an error which caused a few false-positives (404 really IS not found :)
                    
01.07.2002	
	Nikto	1.014
		- Removed comment filtering from lines in scan_database.db to accommodate SSI includes
		- Fixed quoting removal for data portions in checks (so " is valid).
		- 
01.06.2002
	Nikto	1.013	
		- Made major globabl variable changes, moved tons of them to hashes
		- Wrote some basic plugin writing documentation & added 'docs' directory
		- 
01.03.2002
	Nikto	1.012
		- Added extended output for scan archival reasons (suggested by Steve Saady)
		- Changed host auth failure to a warning, not stoppage
		- Added "data" portion to scan_database.db
		- Added @IP and @HOSTNAME substitutions for scan_database.db checks (will be replaced by actual IP/hostname)
		- in case they are needed in the future.
		- Added JUNK() to scan_database.db checks to facilitate future buffer-overflows (non-DoS), and future DoS plugins
		- Added Proxy-agent as valid the same as Server result strings
		- Changed -l to -n ("nolookup") to be more accurate
		- 
01.02.2002
	Nikto	1.011
		- Added proxy auth for db update requests (oops).
		- Started .xxx version numbering scheme to make life easier
		- Fixed href tags in HTM output (< and > encoding and target host/ip)
		- Added "caseless" WWW-Authenticate finding (for iPlanet Proxy)
		- 
12.31.2001
	Nikto	1.01
		- Added regex to remove comments from scan_database.db in case they ever exist
		- Fixed extra 'Host:' line being sent to server (duh).
		- Fixed non 'GET' request data posting (duh).
		- Added -timeout option
		
12.27.2001	
	Nikto	1.00
		- Finalized beta version for release
