Awesome Job, Nessus 1.2.0 ran 99% cleanly on OSX 10.1.4. Only one problem - I get this compile error during the plug-ins compile.
Warning : the following plugins could not be built : hydra Then they make install spits out: cc -bundle -undefined error -o hydra.nes d3des.lo hydra4nessus.lo hydra-cisco.lo hydra-ftp.lo hydra-http.lo hydra-icq.lo hydra-imap.lo hydra-mod.lo hydra-nntp.lo hydra-pcnfs.lo hydra-pop3.lo hydra-rexec.lo hydra-smb.lo hydra-socks5.lo hydra-telnet.lo hydra-vnc.lo hydra.lo -lc -L/usr/local/lib -lnessus -lhosts_gatherer -lpcap-nessus -L/usr/local/ssl/lib -lssl -lcrypto cc: d3des.lo: No such file or directory cc: hydra4nessus.lo: No such file or directory cc: hydra-cisco.lo: No such file or directory cc: hydra-ftp.lo: No such file or directory cc: hydra-http.lo: No such file or directory cc: hydra-icq.lo: No such file or directory cc: hydra-imap.lo: No such file or directory cc: hydra-mod.lo: No such file or directory cc: hydra-nntp.lo: No such file or directory cc: hydra-pcnfs.lo: No such file or directory cc: hydra-pop3.lo: No such file or directory cc: hydra-rexec.lo: No such file or directory cc: hydra-smb.lo: No such file or directory cc: hydra-socks5.lo: No such file or directory cc: hydra-telnet.lo: No such file or directory cc: hydra-vnc.lo: No such file or directory make[1]: *** [hydra.nes] Error 1 Not sure how to resolve this problem. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Steve > ---------- > From: Renaud Deraison > Sent: Thursday, April 18, 2002 12:57 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Nessus 1.2.0 released > > > > Nessus 1.2.0 has been released. Woowoo - it's supposed to be stable > now :) > > Here are the changes since Nessus 1.1.14 : > > > . changes by Nicolas Dubee ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) : > > - Better support for AF_UNIX sockets > > > . changes by Brian ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) : > > - CVE references > - several bugfixes in the plugins > > . changes by Peter Gr�ndl ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) and > Carsten Joergensen ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) : > > - Extensive review of the plugins and therefore numerous fixes > > . changes by Axel Nennker ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > > - FD leak in save_kb.c fixed > > . changes by Renaud Deraison (deraison at nessus.org) > > - It is now possible to upload files to the server when using > the command line client > > - lrand48() portability problems worked around > > - fixed a bug in the report window that would make it crash > randomly > > > > And here's the official announcement : > > > > The Nessus Team is pleased to announce the availability of Nessus 1.2.0 > > Nessus is a remote security scanner which has been developped since 1998. > It is free, open-sourced (GPLed) and updated very regularly (and currently > performs over 900 security checks) > > > What is new in Nessus 1.2, in comparison of Nessus 1.0 ? > -------------------------------------------------------- > > A lot of changes took place during the two years Nessus 1.2 has been worked > on. Here's a non-exhaustive list : > > - Security checks are run in parallel ; > - Full SSL support ; > - "safe checks" option (makes nessusd rely on a banner rather than take > the risk to disable the remote service) ; > - "optimisations" option (make nessusd run "focused" tests (ie: IIS-specific > tests on IIS, and so on...) > - Better CGI auditing ; > - IDS evasion options ; > - KB saving support (can be used for off-line security audits) ; > - Session saving support ; > - Differential scans ; > - New reports file formats ; > - Tuned security checks (for better performance) ; > - More configurable ; > - Improved SMB support (Nessus can log into a domain, and extracts more > information from the tested hosts). > - Scales __much__ better ; > - Kazillions of bugs fixed ; > - And more ! > > Note that Nessus 1.2.x is the result of two years of work and > improvements, so not everything can be listed. Have a look at the changelogs> > for full details (in nessus-core/CHANGES) > > > Where to get it > --------------- > > Nessus is available at : > > http://www.nessus.org/ > > and > > ftp://ftp.nessus.org/pub/nessus/nessus-1.2.0/ > > > > Portability > ----------- > > > Nessus 1.2.0 can be compiled on a wide range of Unixes, including : > > - Solaris > - OpenBSD > - FreeBSD > - NetBSD > - Red Hat Linux (and probably other distros) > - Darwin / MacOS X > - ... > > > A Win32 client (NessusWX) is available for the Win32 platform > (at http://nessuswx.nessus.org) > > > > More toys soon > -------------- > > A web interface allowing you to mount your own ASP business will be released > soon - keep an eye on our website for details about this :) > > > Bugs ? What bugs ?? > ------------------- > > If you find bugs or have enhancement requests, please send them to me > ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > > > Thanks > ------ > > I'd like to thank everyone who tested and improved Nessus when it was labelled > as being unstable. > > I would like to thank in particular Michel Arboi ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) and > Michael Scheidell ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) who both did an insanely big > amount of work for Nessus 1.2 > > > > > Thanks, > > -- Renaud > >
