Hi all,
This is my first post here so please go easy on me. I have a number of
questions:
Has the IP address changed where nessus-fetch connects to to retrieve
plugins between versions?
I installed nessus a while ago at home (2.2.4) and recently at work (2.2.5)
which I have now updated to 2.2.7. I'm behind a firewall at work and since
I couldn't find the IP nessus connects to I observed nessus-fetch at home
with netstat connecting to 66.240.11.101. Based on this I created a
firewall rule at work to allow https to this IP but nessus could not
connect. This was with version 2.2.5.
I got this error suggesting that the IP should be right as
www.nessus.orgtranslates to
66.240.11.101
nessus-fetch --plugins
Could not open connection to www.nessus.org - Operation now in progress
Then I tried --check:
/usr/local/bin/nessus-fetch --check
nessus-fetch is not configured to receive a direct plugin feed
Now this version was registered manually so I figured that's the reason for
the message. I couldn't find anything in the conf file where it may be
configured to receive a direct plugin therefore I decided to upgrade as the
new version was available anyway.
I uninstalled v2.2.5 leaving the configuration files alone (which may have
been a mistake in hindsight) and installed v2.2.7 which I tried to register
with the firewall rule in place but got this:
nessus-fetch --register xxxx-xxxx.....
could not connect to plugins.nessus.org - Operation now in progress
plugins.nessus.org translates to 66.240.11.107 and I also found a reference
in the mail archives that https to 66.240.11.107 worked for someone else.
My firewall rule will be updated with the .107 address in a day or two.
Will this IP work for plugins and registration?
Do I have to configure nessus somewhere else to receive direct plugins since
the previous install was not?
Sorry about the length.
Thanks in advance.
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