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NessusWC - Nessus Web Management |
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Wednesday, 20 July 2005 |
Credit:
The information has been provided by Frank4DD.
To keep updated with the tool visit the projects homepage at: http://www.frank4dd.com/nessuswc/
Details
NessusWC is a GPL based tool that provides a simple HTTP Web interface for the Nessus Security Scanner. It connects to local and remote Nessus version 2 daemons via SSL (using OpenSSL libraries), retrieves the plugins, configures a scan for a single target host, and saves the results in HTML format. As a result, even users with limited security knowledge can scan their machines. Scan results are stored in a central place.
NessusWC development goals were pure simplicity. No Java, PHP, databases or other enabling technology must be maintained. No cookies either. Just plain CGI technology written in C.
The benefit is a centrally located scan client that keeps all results in one place. The design is kept so simple, even a non-IT person could start a scan. The ultimate goal is the design of a ["Scan-Me"] button that takes the users IP and gives it a pre-defined scan as a self-service application.
NessusWC has been developed for use with a Apache webserver under Linux, connecting to a Nessus v.2.2.0 server and is using libraries such as:
* GNU libc
* OpenSSL
* CGIC
To download NessusWC: http://www.frank4dd.com/nessuswc/nessuswc-v1.2.tar.gz |