man nessusd
-S <ip[,ip2,...]>, --src-ip=<ip[,ip2,...]>
Force the source IP of the connections established by Nessus to <ip> checks
need to fully establish a connection to the remote host. This option is only
useful if you have a multi-homed machine with multiple public IP addresses that
you would like to use instead of the default one. Example : nessusd -S
192.168.1.1,192.168.1.2,192.168.1.3,192.168.1.4 will make nes-susd establish
connections with a source IP of one among those listed above. For this setup to
work, the host running nessusd should have multiple NICs with these IP addresses
set.
I found this on the nessusd manpage for Nessus 2.0.10 for FreeBSD, I couldn't
find this option on the manpage in the Nessus website, guess it's an outdated
copy... Well, this should help you with what you want to accomplish.
-oscar
> Ok, I should have clarified my question a little better. Sorry...
>
> When nessus is performing a scan, how do I specify which interface to
> perform the scan from. I am not too concerned about which interface
> nessus is serving client requests from (although I need to specify this
> due to security reasons).
>
> Thanks for your help guys, sorry for the lack of clarity.
>
> -Wendell
>
>
> On Wed, 2004-09-15 at 12:13, Steve Loughran wrote:
> > man nessusd
> >
> > -a <address>, --listen=<address>
> > Tell the server to only listen to connections on the
> address
> > <address> which is an IP, not a
> > machine name. For instance, "nessusd -a 192.168.1.1" will
> make
> > nessusd only listen to requests
> > going to 192.168.1.1 This option is useful if you are
> running
> > nessusd on a gateway and if you
> > don't want people on the outside to connect to your nessusd.
> >
> > (Note: this isnt an up to date nessus install, so options may have
> > changed... yes, yes, slag me off later.. :)
> >
> > Steve
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Wendell Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 2004 4:45 PM
> > Subject: Binding nessus to a specific interface?
> >
> >
> > > Hey all,
> > >
> > > How would I tell nessus to bind to a specific interface? I don't see a
> > > configuration parameter or runtime switch that empowers me with the
> > > ability to do this.
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > >
> > > Wendell
> > >
> > >
> > >
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