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Images: Nessus vulnerability scanner

By · July 18, 2006, 8:42 AM PST · billdetwiler

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  • Shannon Snowden outlined his experience with the Nessus vulnerability scanner in his The Right Tool for the Job? blog post.

    This screenshot shows the Nessuswx client console.

    © CNET Networks - Submitted by Shannon Snowden

  • The Nessuswx client configuration connected to the Nessus server

    © CNET Networks - Submitted by Shannon Snowden

  • Selecting the options for DNS resolution, safe checks that will not crash targets and how many concurrent targets to scan.

    © CNET Networks - Submitted by Shannon Snowden

  • The port scanning options tab of Nessuswx allows ping control options, port scan selection and invoking nmap scans.

    © CNET Networks - Submitted by Shannon Snowden

  • The Plugins tab allows custom plugin selection and plugin configurations, such as SMB account names and FTP account names to use for connection attempts to targets.

  • You can select multiple families of plugins or specific plugins depending on the scan target.

    © CNET Networks - Submitted by Shannon Snowden

  • Nessus.org maintains a library of plugins that you can use during scanning.

  • Plugins are grouped into familes. You can choose an indivudal plugin or an entire family.

    © CNET Networks - Submitted by Shannon Snowden

  • Scanning targets with the Nessuswx client on Windows connected to a Linux server--I've obscured the host name for security reasons.

    © CNET Networks - Submitted by Shannon Snowden

  • Completed scan ready to view

    © CNET Networks - Submitted by Shannon Snowden

  • Creating an .html report with the Nessuswx client

    © CNET Networks - Submitted by Shannon Snowden

  • Viewing the .html report (1 of 2)

    I've obscured the IPs for security reasons.

    © CNET Networks - Submitted by Shannon Snowden

  • Viewing the .html report (2 of 2)

    I've obscured the IPs for security reasons.

    © CNET Networks - Submitted by Shannon Snowden

Shannon Snowden outlined his experience with the Nessus vulnerability scanner in his The Right Tool for the Job? blog post.

This screenshot shows the Nessuswx client console.

© CNET Networks - Submitted by Shannon Snowden

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