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Re: Which Port scanner can I use with Nessus?

from [George A. Theall] Network Security [Permanent Link]
Subject: Re: Which Port scanner can I use with Nessus?
Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2006 07:10:35 -0500 
On Thu, Feb 23, 2006 at 11:02:00PM +0100, m.zelder@arcor.de wrote:


Can anybody tell me which Port scanner I can use with Nessus? 


Go to <http://www.nessus.org/plugins/index.php?view=search> and search
on the "scanner" plugin family.


Is it
possible to connect Nessus to other external Port scanner than Nmap?


Given the way plugins work, you should be able to write a plugin to hook
in whatever scanner you want as long as it has a commandline interface
and runs on the same platform as Nessus. Performance, though, might be
an issue; eg, look at the thread starting here:

  http://mail.nessus.org/pipermail/nessus/2006-January/msg00037.html

Alternatively, the nmap.nasl plugin (#14259) accepts results in nmap's
grepable output format (-oG). So in theory you can use Nessus with
whatever port scanner you want, you just need to filter the output a bit.

George
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theall@tenablesecurity.com
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