Re: plugins

On Fri Sep 17 2004 at 01:59, net sec wrote:

> 1) Are all of the plugins listed on nessus.org/plugins loaded by
> default in the current stable version 

No. "Local Unix tests" are only enabled on 2.1.x "not so unstable"
version.

> 2) Is there a way for me to create a 'profile' that will allow me to
> save settings for a session in terms of enabled plugins/settings etc?
> What I am looking for is to create a profile for cisco, windows, unix
> etc. and easily be able to tailor my scan to the applicable system.

cp .nessusrc cisco.nessusrc  # for example
nessus -c cisco.nessusrc
# Here, edit your preferences, plugin set, etc. and close the client.

However, keep in mind that 
- new plugins will be anbled by default, so you'll need to clean your
"profile" regularly.
- "optimize" would do the job automatically.

There is a new optimization_level option in nessusd.conf on 2.1.x
which makes the optimization less aggressive, if needed. Default level
is 3, I prefer level 2, which ignores the "script_exclude_key"
instructions.
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