diff --git a/lib/core/settings.py b/lib/core/settings.py
index c86d8113d..dd175ad82 100644
--- a/lib/core/settings.py
+++ b/lib/core/settings.py
@@ -45,6 +45,12 @@ PAYLOAD_DELIMITER = "\x00"
 CHAR_INFERENCE_MARK = "%c"
 PRINTABLE_CHAR_REGEX = r"[^\x00-\x1f\x7e-\xff]"
 
+# regular expression used for recognition of generic permission messages
+PERMISSION_DENIED_REGEX = r"(command|permission|access)\s*(was|is)?\s*denied"
+
+# regular expression used for recognition of generic maximum connection messages
+MAX_CONNECTIONS_REGEX = r"max.+connections"
+
 # regular expression used for extracting results from google search
 GOOGLE_REGEX = r"url\?\w+=(http[^>]+)&(sa=U|rct=j)"
 
diff --git a/lib/request/connect.py b/lib/request/connect.py
index 485efa8e3..45e3aa3a5 100644
--- a/lib/request/connect.py
+++ b/lib/request/connect.py
@@ -53,11 +53,13 @@ from lib.core.settings import HTTP_ACCEPT_HEADER_VALUE
 from lib.core.settings import HTTP_ACCEPT_ENCODING_HEADER_VALUE
 from lib.core.settings import HTTP_SILENT_TIMEOUT
 from lib.core.settings import MAX_CONNECTION_CHUNK_SIZE
+from lib.core.settings import MAX_CONNECTIONS_REGEX
 from lib.core.settings import MAX_CONNECTION_TOTAL_SIZE
 from lib.core.settings import META_REFRESH_REGEX
 from lib.core.settings import MIN_TIME_RESPONSES
 from lib.core.settings import IS_WIN
 from lib.core.settings import LARGE_CHUNK_TRIM_MARKER
+from lib.core.settings import PERMISSION_DENIED_REGEX
 from lib.core.settings import UNENCODED_ORIGINAL_VALUE
 from lib.core.settings import URI_HTTP_HEADER
 from lib.core.settings import WARN_TIME_STDEV
@@ -766,8 +768,8 @@ class Connect:
         if not response and removeReflection:
             page = removeReflectiveValues(page, payload)
 
-        kb.maxConnectionsFlag = re.search(r"max.+connections", page or "", re.I) is not None
-        kb.permissionFlag = re.search(r"(command|permission|access)\s*(was|is)?\s*denied", page or "", re.I) is not None
+        kb.maxConnectionsFlag = re.search(MAX_CONNECTIONS_REGEX, page or "", re.I) is not None
+        kb.permissionFlag = re.search(PERMISSION_DENIED_REGEX, page or "", re.I) is not None
 
         if content or response:
             return page, headers