Andre, Having your existing CA issue a certificate to the Nessus system or creating a certificate with Nessus basically serve the same purpose. They serve to authenticate the identity and validity of your Nessus server.
Could be very useful if someone setup a "rogue" Nessus installation on your network. I may be wrong, but that's what I always figured it was for. There are guys on this list that have forgotten more about Nessus than I'll probably ever know. Hope this helps, ___________________ Kyle Brearley Information Security Analyst Technology Risk Management CHZ Services Group -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Andr� Michaud Sent: Thursday, July 29, 2004 2:11 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Nessus Cert Hi, yes i do, but why should I have to give access to the CAcert? Thanks :o) George Theall wrote: > On Wed, Jul 28, 2004 at 04:20:38PM -0400, Andr� Michaud wrote: > > >> why nessus create his own CA? > > > If you have your own PKI, feel free to use it; nessus-mkcert and friends > are available for those who don't. > > George > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Nessus mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://mail.nessus.org/mailman/listinfo/nessus -- Andr� Michaud Analyste en Informatique CERT/AQ Direction g�n�rale des technoligies de l'information et des communications 1500-E Jean-Talon nord 1er �tage Ste-Foy Qu�bec G1N 4T6 T�l�phone: 418 646-6585 T�l�copieur 418 643-5789 _______________________________________________ Nessus mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.nessus.org/mailman/listinfo/nessus **The information contained in this e-mail is for the intended recipient(s) only. If you received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender and delete the message immediately. Any review, dissemination, copying, printing or other use of this e-mail by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited** _______________________________________________ Nessus mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.nessus.org/mailman/listinfo/nessus
