Actually, one of the great things about Nessus is that it's a client/server architecture. You can be "inside" and scan from the "outside" as long as the Nessus Server is running elsewhere. Do have a friend/colleague/associate/family member who could set up a Nessus server and let you use that remotely?
This is how I generally use Nessus. I don't generally "take it with me". I go to whatever site I'm going to test, or work from. Then I connect to the server and I can do an external test while sitting inside. This is also helpful to see how the "target infrastructure" reacts to the attack, and you also get to see how the staff react to various incidents. Perhaps a router gets DoS'd by the scans. Do they notice? How quickly/effectively do they respond? Do they even see the scans? Just my $0.02 Randy --- Hugo van der Kooij <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, 29 Aug 2002, Jerome Iffrig wrote: > > > Now my question is the following: > > How can I test the security of my network as if I > was a black hat from the > > OUTSIDE (make sure that people from the internet > cannot infiltrate it or > > simply crash my server and the internal network) > using Nessus. > > Simple. BE on the outside! > > There is no substitute. > > Hugo. > > -- > All email send to me is bound to the rules described > on my homepage. > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://hvdkooij.xs4all.nl/ > Don't meddle in the affairs of sysadmins, > for they are subtle and quick to anger. > > - > [EMAIL PROTECTED]: general discussions about > Nessus. > * To unsubscribe, send a mail to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] with > "unsubscribe nessus" in the body. ===== Randy M. Nash @RISK Online http://www.atriskonline.com __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Finance - Get real-time stock quotes http://finance.yahoo.com - [EMAIL PROTECTED]: general discussions about Nessus. * To unsubscribe, send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe nessus" in the body.
