Re: [Nessus-devel] nessus 3 command line scanning

On 09/19/07 10:44, Hubert Seiwert wrote:

I'm not trying to nit-pick - most of what Hubert has written is fine.

> > b) If the Linux GTK client does generate a scan settings file, are the 
> > files of the windows and linux clients interchangeable?
> Not sure about the latest Windows client, they probably are.

I'm not actually clear which Windows GUI client the original poster was 
talking about:

NessusWX supports exporting of sessions, and the result should work with 
the unix commandline client or NessusClient v1.x. The export does, 
though, lack info about certificates and server host / ip info.

The GUI included with Nessus for Windows also uses a mostly compatible 
format, although it too lacks info about certificates and the server 
host / ip. You will probably need to remove the 'FAMILY_SET' block, 
though, also.

The NessusClient 3.0.0 beta does not currently support the .nessusrc 
configfile format, although I believe it's a feature request.

> > d) There is no mention of whether a batch job on windows-client 
> > machine can also accept command line parameters in a similar fashion - 
> > Is there a command line interface for the windows client?
> I don't believe so.

Nessus for Windows supports a minimal commandline interface ("nessuscmd 
-h" for info).

The other two Windows clients do not.


George
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