nessus 

security scanner (probes hosts over the network)

http://www.nessus.org/nessus/


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G E T   T O O L

Get the following file from Opus:

cd /root
scp cis193@opus.cabrillo.edu:nessus.tar.gz .


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I N S T A L L A T I O N

cd /
tar xvzf /root/nessus.tar.gz


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C O N F I G U R A T I O N

cd /etc
ldconfig

Verify (cat) that /etc/ld.so.conf contains /usr/local/lib

nessus-mkcert
(default, default, US, CA, Soquel, Rich Simms)

nessus-adduser
(default accept, [pass] for pw, cntl-d)


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Start graphics if not already started.
From run level 2:

service xfs start
startx

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S C A N

Start nessus daemon:
nessusd &

Start nessus client:
nessus &

(log in with user you just added)
(plugins: disable cisco, windows, NIS, Netware)
([x] Enable dependencies at run time)