George, I too am running nessus in a unix environment. I will take that approach and see what happens.
Thanks for the reply! - Al On Thu, 11 Dec 2003, George Theall wrote: > On Tue, Dec 09, 2003 at 10:28:02AM -0600, al mccain wrote: > > > I am trying to scan a network in detached mode. What I want it for it to > > scan and report all security threats every time it scans and mail the > > report off. > > Have you considered an alternative approach -- running the scan from > cron? > > Pros: > - Scans don't have to be restarted when Nessus is restarted. > - The config file can be updated (option tweaks, new plugins, etc) > between scans without having to restart the scan. > > Cons: > - Requires some experience to set up. > - New plugins will be automatically enabled (non-DoS if > safe_checks enabled) by default. [This can be avoided using > my update-nessusrc script or an equivalent.] > > Note: I believe NessusWX supports a batch mode so if you're using that > as your client you should be able to automate scans using the Windows > scheduler, at least in theory. [I work on unix mostly so I don't know > for sure.] > > George > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > _______________________________________________ Nessus mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.nessus.org/mailman/listinfo/nessus
