Re: Windows v Linux Nessus

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
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