RE: I want to develop a web GUI client for Nessus.

 
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I believe Chuming Chen is in progress of doing exactly that.

http://www.cse.sc.edu/~chen7/NessusWeb/index.htm

I have not tested his interface but he has put a lot of work into it
and it sure looks good.

Erik

> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected]
> [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of John D.
> Sent: Saturday, May 03, 2003 2:22 AM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: I want to develop a web GUI client for Nessus.
> 
> 
> 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
> 
> 
> 

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