one other suggestion might be to display the contents of the plugin in the client interface -- would help in making selections re: dependencies, etc.. i suppose this isn't a big deal since the user has to connect to the nessus server prior to editing the policy..
~cam. On 4/3/06 9:11 AM, "Cam Beasley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Renaud, et al -- > > Loving it so far.. > > Not sure if this has been reported yet, but the OSX client > seems to forget about plugins that are selected via the > search function.. if chosen manually there isn't a problem.. > > one other request would be to show the number of plugins > that are selected (re: plugin selection tab) and to be able > to search for multiple plugins at once.. > > ~cam. > > > On 3/29/06 3:51 PM, "Kelly M" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> On 3/29/06, Renaud Deraison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> >>> Tenable is pleased to announce the availability of Nessus 3.0.2 >>> (beta) for Mac OS X 10.4 >>> >>> Nessus for Mac OS X is not just a port of the Unix server to the Mac >>> environment, it also bundles a native interface to manage the server >>> and the client. >> >> At long last! I have tested this beta release today using an >> Intel-based MacBook Pro running OS X 10.4.5 against several of my >> servers and routers, and have been very pleased with the results. I >> like the fact that your first release is a Universal Binary, but much >> more than that I like having the OS X-specific client for Nessus 3. >> That will make a big difference for adoption on Apple OS X servers and >> desktops. Having a native client for OS X makes things much easier and >> provides a more consistent look and feel. Plus we no longer have to >> use X11. >> >> With Nessus 2.x I never had any issues compiling the daemon, but had >> nothing but problems with /all/ versions of the free NessusClient. In >> fact I never, ever got it to work and always used the old 'nessus' >> client instead. This was on both PowerPC and Intel systems, despite >> many hours of trying to use workarounds for known issues or changing >> dependencies that were causing a 'broken pipe' in various versions of >> Nessus. >> >> Welcome to Version 3. Everything works. :) It is much better, and I've >> immediately noticed the speed increase. I've been waiting for the OS X >> release for quite some time. This is commercial-quality software >> that's still free for non-commercial use, so I applaud Renaud and the >> other fine folks at Tenable, as this is a great effort and release for >> the community. >> >> One small suggestion: the Nessus Server Manager window never goes >> away. If you provide the server status instead as a plug-in to Apple >> System Preferences instead (similar to the binary release of the MySQL >> server - a good model), the daemon can be more easily stopped/started >> and configured for boot inside the standard Apple preferences area. >> Something to think about for a future release. >> >> Best regards, >> >> Kelly Martin >> _______________________________________________ >> Nessus mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://mail.nessus.org/mailman/listinfo/nessus _______________________________________________ Nessus mailing list [email protected] http://mail.nessus.org/mailman/listinfo/nessus
