Nessus Basics
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Nessus Basics
• What is Nessus?
• Open source/free vulnerability scanner.
• Signature based detection.

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• Why use Nessus?
• Vulnerability Assessments
• Penetration Testing
• Security Awareness

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• Who uses this tool?
• Security Professionals
• White Hats
• Black Hats

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• What makes Nessus so special over ISS or any of the
other scanners out there?

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• Ok, well this is all fine and dandy, but what does
Nessus look like?
• Sensor/Control Panel Implimentation
• Multiple Possible Interfaces
• Multiple Connections to a Single Sensor

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• Well what possible interfaces are their if there are so
many of them?
• Web Clients
• X11 Default Client
• Windows Clients
• OSX Clients

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• Web Client

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• X11 Client

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• Windows Client

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• OSX Client

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• Ok, it looks pretty... but how do we use it?

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• More information can be found at:
• http://www.securityfocus.com/infocus/1741
• http://www.securityfocus.com/infocus/1753
• http://www.nessus.org