Are you behind a proxy server? I have encountered these exact symtpoms executing nessus-update-plugins behind a proxy server. Inside the nessus-update-plugins script are settings for your proxy server.
Here is the portion of the nessus-update-plugins script. - modify the proxy settings and then try again! It worked for me. - [EMAIL PROTECTED]: general discussions about Nessus. * To unsubscribe, send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe nessus" in the body.
