On Tue, Oct 04, 2005 at 01:34:37PM +0100, Michael Mulholland wrote:
> i'm trying to setup a nessuswx client to manage my nessus server
>
> unfortunately this was previously set up by someone else and we've lost all
> the settings
>
> has anyone a link to some form of documentation which could instruct me on
> the how to?
I'm not aware of anything on-line for this. But as long as you're not
concerned about preserving information from any earlier scans, you should:
1) From the nessusd host...
a) Check whether the server requires certificate-base
authentication by running
nessusd -s | fgrep force_pubkey_auth
if the result is "force_pubkey_auth = yes", you do.
b) Run nessus-adduser to define a new user to the Nessus server.
c) Run nessus-mkcert-client if you chose / need certificate-
base authentication to create a client certificate for the
new user. Transfer the combined private key / certificate
(cert_nessuswx_*.pem) to your Windows box.
2) From your Windows box start NessusWX and...
a) Select File|Client certificate and install your client
certificate if you're using one.
b) Select Communications|Connect and fill in the form as
appropriate. By default, the Nessus server encrypts
traffic using TLS1 so you probably need to select
that here. Press <Connect> when you're done to
establish a connection.
With luck, you'll be connected and ready to configure your scans. If
something fails, check that you can establish a connection from your PC
to the Nessus server (eg, no firewall or tcp_wrappers in the way) and
that the encryption setting is correct. Also, look in the log file for
nessusd (perhaps /usr/local/var/logs/nessusd.messages) for clues about
problems.
George
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