On Windows, there is a command line tool named NessusCmd.exe which can be used to invoke scans of a certain policy from the command line. This tool can be used for scheduling with something like the Windows Task Scheduler.
Ron Gula, CTO Tenable Network Security Nelson, C.M. wrote: > Thanks for replies about my "Running Nessus On Virtual Machine" > question. > > I currently rely on running Linux Nessus from the command line (via > cron) and specify a file containing target IP numbers. I also make use > of NBE format output files. I have been taking a quick look at the > Windows version of Nessus and reading what people say about it. Would I > be correct in saying (despite its other nice features) that it is not > easy or impossible to schedule the Windows version to scan a set of > hosts and generate NBE format output i.e. it must be driven > interactively by a user. > > -- > Carl Nelson > Distributed Systems Services, Computer Centre, University of Leicester, > Leicester, LE1 7RH, U.K. > Tel: +44 (0)116 252 2060, Fax: +44 (0)116 252 5027 > _______________________________________________ > Nessus mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.nessus.org/mailman/listinfo/nessus > _______________________________________________ Nessus mailing list [email protected] http://mail.nessus.org/mailman/listinfo/nessus
