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Documentation for Nikto version 2.6.1

Introduction

• Overview & Description
• History & Trivia

Installation

• PERL (*nix generic installation)
• Docker (official image on Docker Hub / GHCR)
• Windows

Usage

• Basic Testing
• Using a Proxy
• Interactive Features
• Updating

Command Line Options

• Annotated Option List
• Verbosity/Debug Output
• Scan Tuning
• Saving Requests/Responses & Replaying

Plugins

• Selecting Plugins
• Plugin list

Configuration Files

• nikto.conf
• Config Variables

Output and Reports

• Export Formats
• SQL Direct Reporting
• Report Customization

Test Writing

• Scan Database Field Values
• User-Defined Tests
• Scan Database Syntax

Plugin/Code Writing

• Plugin Overview
• Initialization Phase
• Start hook
• Reconnaissance Phase
• Scan Phase
• Prefetch hook
• Postfetch hook
• Reporting Phase
• Data Structures
• Standard Methods
• Global Variables
• Test Identifiers

Troubleshooting

• SOCKS Proxies
• Debugging
• Assistance

Licenses

• Nikto Licensing
• Submission Copyright and License

Credits

• Nikto
• Special Thanks

Other

• Related Tools and Projects
• Old CHANGES.txt file