This functionality is already built into Nessus. See:
http://www.edgeos.com/nessuskb/details.php?option_id=96
~Jay
On Sun, 19 Sep 2004, Jesse W. Asher wrote:
I've looked through the FAQ and on the net and haven't been able to locate
the answer to this.
I have a pretty big network to scan and I'd like to run thorough port scans
(both TCP and UDP) within this network. The problem is that it takes a long
time to do the scanning and I have a set window for nessus to do the rest of
its work. I can run port scans at any time, but I'm restricted in when I can
use the vulnerability testing part of nessus.
So, I'd like to run the port scans separately (using nmap) and then feed the
port scans into nessus. But, I have to do the vulnerability testing starting
at midnight so I'd like to run everything from the command line so I don't
have to be up half the night. Can anyone tell me how I can get nessus to use
a separately produced nmap scan from the command line? Is there something in
the nessusrc I can tweak?
Also, are there particular nmap options that I need to use in order to get
nessus to use the previously produced scan?
Many thanks!!
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CISSP, CISM, SCSA, SCNA
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