On Tue, Jun 27, 2006 at 05:51:40AM -0700, Nathan W. Garner wrote:

> I'm new to Linux and Nessus so permit me some time to get up to speed...

If you're more comfortable with another platform, you might want to
consider running Nessus on that rather than Linux; eg, you can find
implementations for MacOS as well as Windows (although the latter is a
beta).

> I've recently installed the Auditor Toolkit to my HD and am now trying to
> update the plugins for Nessus. I've registered and am not sure where to go
> from here...would someone walk me through the process, keeping my mind
> that I am a newbie to Linux...i.e., more detail rather than less.

Look at the material at <http://www.nessus.org/documentation/>,
especially the installation / advanced user / client user guides and
whitepaper entitled "Nessus Credentials Checks for UNIX and Windows".

There's also a book, "Nessus Network Auditing", if you're so inclined.
It's a bit dated (from late 2004) but will likely give you a more
detailed overview on how Nessus works than the on-line docs. [Conflict
of interest alert -- I'm one of the authors.]


George
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