Mailing List Archive: Regarding Nessus tool on Windows

Regarding Nessus tool on Windows

Sep 9, 2008, 5:52 AM

Post #1 of 3 (1857 views)

Hi All,

This is Srikanth, I was installed Nessus tool on Windows and Linux , Linux one is bit older one (Nessus Client V1.02) & Windows having newer version (Nessus Client V3.2.1.1)

I was Configured Same Configurations both in Linux & windows .

Below Two Options are not available in windows

In Options Tab
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1) Exclude top-level domain wildcard host

in Advanced Tab
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2 ) "Nessus TCP Scanner" pull down menu is not existing.

issue 1 : If above two options are required , how to update the tool
------------

issue 2 :
------------

While I am running the Nessus tool on Linux it took more than 3 hrs time
Where in Windows it's taking only 20 to 25 min's

Why it's taking less time in windows , what are the dependencies any extra plugins are required, any other dependencies on windows.
Where I Was using Windows XP, IE 7.0 Browser.

Please help me on this ASAP.

Regards
Srikanth

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Re: Regarding Nessus tool on Windows [ In reply to ]

rgula at tenablesecurity

Sep 10, 2008, 5:32 AM

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Hi there,

Are your Nessus installs for Windows and Linux both on the same type of
hardware, or does your Linux scanner run in a VM?

Also, since you mentioned your Linux client was older, I am curious
if you are using an older version of Nessus (Nessus 2). If so, it is
much slower than Nessus 3.

Ron Gula
Tenable Network Security

Srikanth Rakuditi wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> This is Srikanth, I was installed Nessus tool on Windows and Linux , Linux one is bit older one (Nessus Client V1.02) & Windows having newer version (Nessus Client V3.2.1.1)
>
> I was Configured Same Configurations both in Linux & windows .
>
> Below Two Options are not available in windows
>
> In Options Tab
> ---------------------
> 1) Exclude top-level domain wildcard host
>
> in Advanced Tab
> ------------------------
> 2 ) "Nessus TCP Scanner" pull down menu is not existing.
>
>
> issue 1 : If above two options are required , how to update the tool
> ------------
>
> issue 2 :
> ------------
>
> While I am running the Nessus tool on Linux it took more than 3 hrs time
> Where in Windows it's taking only 20 to 25 min's
>
> Why it's taking less time in windows , what are the dependencies any extra plugins are required, any other dependencies on windows.
> Where I Was using Windows XP, IE 7.0 Browser.
>
> Please help me on this ASAP.
>
> Regards
> Srikanth
>
>
>
>
>
>
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Re: Regarding Nessus tool on Windows [ In reply to ]

mikhail at nessus

Sep 10, 2008, 5:43 AM

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On Tuesday 09 September 2008 14:52:40 Srikanth Rakuditi wrote:
> 2 ) "Nessus TCP Scanner" pull down menu is not existing.

This scanner does not exist on Windows. It would be very slow on Windows XP
SP2.
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