Nessus 3.2 Installation Guide
January 16, 2009 (Revision 40)
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Table of Contents
TABLE OF CONTENTS ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 2 INTRODUCTION ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 3 BACKGROUND ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 4 PREREQUISITES……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 5 DEPLOYMENT OPTIONS………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 5 VULNERABILITY PLUGIN SUBSCRIPTIONS …………………………………………………………………………….. 6 UNIX/LINUX………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 7 UPGRADING FROM NESSUS 3.X ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 7 UPGRADING NESSUS 2.X TO NESSUS 3.X…………………………………………………………………………………………….. 14 INSTALLATION ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 17 CONFIGURATION………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 21 UPDATING PLUGINS …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 28 NESSUS WITHOUT INTERNET ACCESS …………………………………………………………………………………………………… 29 WORKING WITH THE SECURITY CENTER……………………………………………………………………………………………….. 30 REMOVING NESSUS ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 32 WINDOWS…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 35 UPGRADING NESSUS ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 35 INSTALLATION ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 36 CONFIGURATION………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 38 UPDATING PLUGINS …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 41 NESSUS WITHOUT INTERNET ACCESS…………………………………………………………………………………………………… 43 WORKING WITH THE SECURITY CENTER ……………………………………………………………………………………………….. 45 REMOVING NESSUS ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 48 MAC OS X…