Re: I want to develop a web GUI client for Nessus.
Haroon Meer <[email protected]>
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Hi John. Check out .. nessus-core/doc/ntp The whitepaper has all u need.. Depending on what exactly u require.. u can smash together a client in about 25 lines of code.. /mh ====================================================================== Haroon Meer MH SensePost Information Security +27 83786 6637 PGP : http://www.sensepost.com/pgp/haroon.txt [email protected] ====================================================================== On Sat, 3 May 2003, John D. wrote: > Hello, > > I want to write a Nessus Client in Python, driving a back end CGI. I'm already aware of "inprotect" written in PHP/MySQL. I want to write one in Python/PostGreSQL. > > Because I'm so new to Nessus, my first task is to learn as much about the Nessus server as I can. I want to know how hard it is to develop this without a client, or with a simple test client. > > I'm assuming the nessus server is like any other server. IE: it listens for socket connections and accepts packets and interprets them as commands and executes them. Where can I find a list of commands and socket protocol? I really don't like to have to dig through tons of C code in the source. Is there some document that lists these commands? > > Anyway, if I'm in the wrong list, let me know, and I'll get out of here. Thanx guys.... > > John > > > >