Re: Nessus Database Backend Question

On Mon, May 19, 2003 at 09:54:23AM +0200, Javier Fernandez-Sanguino wrote:
> Devin Kowatch wrote:
> >Hi, 
> >A few months ago there was a lot of activity on nessus-devel about
> >adding a database backend to Nessus.  I was just wondering what the
> >status of this effort was.  I haven't seen much activity on NESSUS_SQL
> >or the -devel list regarding this effort recently, is the effort still
> >on-going?
> >
> 
> It is a little bit stalled, since work has been overwhelming for the 
> past two months. In any case, there are several things that have been done:

I know how that goes.  Good to hear that it is still in the works though.
> 
> 1.- the database schema has been discussed thoroughly and is mostly 'stable'
> 
> 2.- there are tools to convert nbe reports to database information 
> (tested in PostgreSQL only, though)
> 
> 3.- there is alpha code to have the Nessus daemon input the information 
> to the database (for MySQL and PostgreSQL)
> 
> Help is needed testing 1 and 2 (maybe providing MySQL versions for 2) 
> and also developing 3 and making it beta code.

Well, I'm going to be using that schema for storing my nessus results.
I figure that will make the most painless transition later.  So I should
get some testing of 1 & 2 in.  

thanks,

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Devin Kowatch
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