On Sun, 23 Nov 2003 02:03:57 -0600 Andrew Gaffney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I am trying to setup nessus to scan my server for vulnerabilities. I have done > 'emerge nessus' on the server that I would like to scan (only Linux box on the > LAN) and also on my Gentoo box. My Gentoo box is connected to my server via a > dial-up connection. When I run nessus on my box, I put in the server's IP and > the username and password I setup on the server. When I hit the Login button, > it just sits there and does nothing. The first time I did this it asked me to > verify the certificate for the server. Every other time, it just sits there, > but it never connects. Anyone have any ideas? How long did you wait ? nessus _can_ take a lot of time the first time you start a new version, because it enumerates and downloads new plugins. If you're sure you have waited long enough, check the syslog files. That's where nessusd puts his log messages... -- Dennis Freise <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> GnuPG key fingerprint: 2DE8 CCEF 6E20 11D4 3B27 21EC B0BA 1749 D2C8 38ED Get my public key at : http://www.final-frontier.ath.cx/gpg_public_key.txt
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